Nose Flute

P3306

From: Fiji Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number P3306
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Fiji Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Pigment
Description

Silicious cuticle is burnt through by application of glowing end of coconut leaflet midrib and pigment of burnt candlenut and coconut oil is then laid on.

Credit Line Gift of Misses Meta C. and Jane C. Biddle, 1914

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