Pipe Flute
Papua New Guinea
collected 1893
Bamboo, burned
Overall: 18 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (47.3 × 3.8 cm)
Overall: 18 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (47.3 × 3.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
53.65.13314
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Henry Clay Ide (1844-1921, Class of 1866), between 1893-1897; given to his daughter Anne Louisa Ide Cockran (1876-1945); given to The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; received by present collection in an exchange, 1953.
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