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1928.69.603

Flute

1928.69.603

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flute
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland Pungkung village
Cultural groups
Konyak Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
October 1923
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1924 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 860 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.603
Research and responses

'Finger-stops' are not an accurate way of describing the fingerholes; stop is an archaic and confusing term for fingerhole that is no longer used [HLR 26/1/2005].

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