bird call
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Name of Instrument: bird call
Maker / Brand: Amazon Nation
Stearns Catalog #: 0588
Country of Origin: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Region of Origin: South America
Instrument Category: Aerophone
Date of Fabrication:
Location: AER N 5
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Description: From the 1921 Stearns Catalogue: This bird-call from Matto Grosso consists of a brown globular gourd into which a beating reed--fashioned from a stalk of cane--is inserted.
Research: Prof. Albert A. Stanley