Accession No
2005.642
Description
trumpet - A trumpet or hand-stop flute (talulupan? also known as howler-monkey trumpet). Made of luwe bamboo (guadua sp.), bound with wulawaito (silk grass, bromelia sp.), with part of quill of the feather of Ooko (grerat currassow, crax rubra) as valve.
Place
Americas; South America; French Guyana; Litani river; Antecume Pata; Wayana; Apalai
Period
Source
Grotti, Vanessa [collector and donor]; Brightman, Marc [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2005.642
Cultural Affliation
Wayana
Material
Basketry; Grass; Quill
Local Term
talulupan?
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio): Female collector, Vanessa Grotti
Part of a group of objects, (2005.629-49), bought, bartered or received as a gift through the intermediary of the collectors' extended family. Mimi Suku made all 5 of these flutes (2005.639-2005.643) on request. Their manufacture was documented and a full explanation of the contexts of their use was given in Wayana by Mimi Siku. Text currently in translation. See Crowther-Beynon Report by Vanessa Grotti and Marc Brightman, 2005
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A trumpet or hand-stop flute (talulupan? also known as howler-monkey trumpet). Made of luwe bamboo (guadua sp.), bound with wulawaito (silk grass, bromelia sp.), with part of quill of the feather of Ooko (grerat currassow, crax rubra) as valve.
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: maa
FM:267621
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