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NHM-HT.106-2014

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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'

Description

Dimensions

diameter (actual size): 80mm

Material

organic
Beeswax

Materials & techniques note

2 sides of seed stuck together with beeswax
Decorated by pyrography

Production

People

Place

Brazil

History and association

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))
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