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Vessel flute
about 1930
Object Place: Papua New Guinea, Possibly Central Highlands
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Length 9.5 cm, width 7.4 cm, depth 4 cm (Length 3 3/4 in., width 2 15/16 in., depth 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.288
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionFlat, oval-shaped body of earthenware with incised geometric designs, including four-point star on one side and three diamonds on reverse. Painted blue, red, and yellow. Mouth-hole at end, two fingerholes on knobs, and one hole for carrying cord.
ProvenanceBefore 1979, private collection of New Guinea material compiled about 1930, New York; about 1979, Lillian Caplin, Center for Musical Antiquities, New York; before 1984, sold by Caplin to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)