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flute

human history
  • Other Name

    toggle

  • Description

    toggle or flute. Small perforation centrally placed through one wall at the apex of the bone. Ends cut but not ground. Indentation shows the start of another perforation to one side of the existing perforation. Parallel diagonal scratches at one end. Previously called a kuaouo but possibly not. Bird bone.

  • Accession Number
    1951.11
  • Other Id

    31749 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • flute, 1951.11, 31749, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • flute, 1951.11, 31749, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • flute, 1951.11, 31749, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • flute, 1951.11, 31749, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
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