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This flute is one of 700 objects from Infinity of Nations opening at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian’s George Gustav Heye Center in New York, on October 23.
George Gunya (Haida, 1810–1880) Flute Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1850 Argillite, 16.3” x 1” x 1.6” Collected by Lady Franklin. 2/9790 NMAI photo by Ernest Amoroso