NHM-HT.106-2014
Parts
Object number
NHM-HT.106-2014
Object type
Identification
Description
Round wooden nose flute carved from a large golden seed, with 3 holes and decorated with pyrographic lines fanning out from the holes
Comments
Display label:
'30. Nambiquara Indian nose flute, unique to this tribe. Brazil 1971'
'30. Nambiquara Indian nose flute, unique to this tribe. Brazil 1971'
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 80mm
Material
organic
Beeswax
Beeswax
Materials & techniques note
2 sides of seed stuck together with beeswax
Decorated by pyrography
Decorated by pyrography
Production
People
Place
Brazil
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Hanbury-Tenison, R., Beauty Freely Given: A Universal Truth. Artefacts from the Collection of Robin Hanbury-Tenison, Garage Press, 2012 (p. 30 (text only))
