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1895.53.9

Notched flute.

On display


1895.53.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Notched flute.
Geographical reference
Person
Field collector William Arthur Cornaby
PRM source William Arthur Cornaby
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
By 1895
Acquisition information
Purchased: 11/1895
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Animal Bone, Process Perforated, Process Bound, Process Incised, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 24 mm, Length: max 605 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1895.53.9
Research and responses

VAN AALST, ' CHINA IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS', II, sp., SER.6, p, 70

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