Flute

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Culture/People: probably Kichua (Quichua) (attributed)
Expedition: First Ecuador Expedition (1906)
Expedition leader: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
Expedition sponsor: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957; Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915

Collection History: Collected in 1906 during the First Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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Place: Ecuador

See related items: Kichua (Quichua); Music and Sound

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/1836
Barcode: 011836.000

Object Type: Music and Sound

Object Name: Flute
Media/Materials: Reed
Techniques: Cut, perforated

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6cf0a81f6-dd27-4823-a497-faadab0c86ef

Record ID: NMAI_12674