- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Transverse flute [RR 13/1/2020]
- Person
- Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- By 1891
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 08/07/1891
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 926 mm, Diameter: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.45 Other numbers: 1891.23.1
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Flute
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