Wooden flute - 2.5' long ("umirengi") – Objects

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Object Number 39-39-50/4534

Display Title Wooden flute - 2.5' long ("umirengi")

Descriptions

Indigenous Term umirengi

Inventory Description Flute, perforated reed, broken

Classification

Raw Material
Woodwind

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Banyaruanda

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nyaruanda

Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near

Materials Reed

Dimensions Overall: 68 x 2.8 x 2.9 cm (26 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-39-50/4534

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35-31-50/1153	Woman's flute of hollow reed (hikos)	Woodwind	Cameroon
04-19-70/63120	Reed flute	Woodwind	Borneo Borneo
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22-2-50/B3586	Nose flute	Woodwind	Cameroon
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