Flute

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Culture/People: possibly Karajá (Caraja) (attributed)
Previous owner: Ricardo (unknown surname), Non-Indian; Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Collection history unknown; received by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from her friend Ricardo in Manaus, Brazil, in 1973; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Brazil

See related items: Karajá (Caraja); Music and Sound

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1571
Barcode: 251571.000

Object Type: Music and Sound

Object Name: Flute
Media/Materials: Animal Bone, feather/feathers
Techniques: Carved, incised
Dimensions: 23 x 2.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d2fde3d2-a570-4867-8fde-be8caf60ad20

Record ID: NMAI_267423