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

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
Rio Negro [Region]
Tiquie (Rio Tiquié) [Fluss]
who
Tukano

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Description
Purchase from Theodor Koch-Grünberg in 1908

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