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Carved wooden flute / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This "flute" looks more like a whistle. Flutes typically have more holes to make a tune; this one only has one hole.

People: possibly Plains Tribes
Places: possibly Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, personal activity

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Carved wooden flute
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Flute
Accession No: 
73.128
Previous Number(s): 
7327.128
Department: 
Anthropology
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