Flute Item Number: Ie386 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Short bamboo section, bound with fibres and with fibre and feather rings at top and bottom. The stop is a kneeling man with a crested bird on his head. Both have cowrie eyes, the bird also has a row of fibre tassels on its back while the man has 1 in his nose. The bird also has a tuft of feathers on its cheek.
History Of Use
These flutes are ceremonially displayed and used as bride price.
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by William H. Birmingham before March 21, 1980
- Received from William H. Birmingham (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on March 21, 1980
What
- Name
- Flute
- Identification Number
- Ie386
- Type of Item
- flute
- Material
- wood, fibre, bamboo grass, cassowary feather ?, pigment and cowrie shell
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, tied and painted
- Overall
- height 138.0 cm, depth 22.5 cm, diameter 17.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- William H. Birmingham
- Received from
- William H. Birmingham (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 21, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on March 21, 1980
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0620/0003