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Flute, nose-blown
Object Number 98-8-70/51740
Display Title Flute, nose-blown
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Dulali
Object Description Nose blown flute, Bamboo cylinder; both ends closed, 5 holes aligned along shaft, 4 holes aranged around circumference at center of body, 23 bands of repeated shapes around circumference distributed over length of cylinder and burned into surface.
Inventory Description Flute, bamboo tube, 8 holes, burnt linear and geometric design
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 53.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm (21 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51740
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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