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Catalogue: Musical instrument made from the shell of a tortoise. Index card : Musical instrument made from yabuti shell

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tukano
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Depth: 11,5 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Material/Technique
Turtle shell
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 6372

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Negro
    Tiquie (Rio Tiquié)
    who
    Tukano
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Theodor Koch-Grünberg in 1908
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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