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Vessel flute

about 1930
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsLength 12.5 cm, width 11.7 cm, depth 3.7 cm (Length 4 15/16 in., width 4 5/8 in., depth 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.291
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsShadow of adhesive label on back side.
ProvenanceBefore 1984, purchased from a gallery in Perth, Australia, by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel flute
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel flute
after A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
after A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel whistle (?)
A.D. 550–750
Vessel whistle
before A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
before A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
before A.D. 1600
Vessel flute
A.D. 800–1200