Flute
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by traveler-explorer Fred A. Salazar (1942-2002), probably in 1959 or 1960; purchased by MAI from Fred Salazar in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 23/1834
- Barcode
- 231834.000
- Culture/People
- Waiwai
- Collector
- Fred A. Salazar (Carlos Frederick Anthony Salazar), Non-Indian, 1942-2002
- Seller
- Fred A. Salazar (Carlos Frederick Anthony Salazar), Non-Indian, 1942-2002
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Flute
- Media/Materials
- Reed
- Techniques
- Cut, perforated
- Place
- Upper Essequibo River; Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region; Guyana
- See related items
- Waiwai
- Music and Sound
- Record ID
- NMAI_246888
- Usage
- CC0
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