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duct flute

General view of page with entries for object nos 5.12.56 - 11.10.56 (December 1956 - October 1956) from 1948-1959 accessions register (purchases; ethnography, including musical instruments), object no. ARC/HMG/CM/001/007.
General view of page with entries for object nos 5.12.56 - 11.10.56 (December 1956 - October 1956) from 1948-1959 accessions register (purchases; ethnography, including musical instruments), object no. ARC/HMG/CM/001/007.
Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no M30.11.56/3
Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no M30.11.56/3
Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no M30.11.56/3
Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no M30.11.56/3
General view of page with entries for object nos 5.12.56 - 11.10.56 (December 1956 - October 1956) from 1948-1959 accessions register (purchases; ethnography, including musical instruments), object no. ARC/HMG/CM/001/007. Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no M30.11.56/3 Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no M30.11.56/3

Duct flute, possibly tula, the tube of two internodal sections of bamboo. The septum of the node at the distal end is partly cut out. Incised decoration in red of concentric bands with cross-hatching encircling the tube. Six fingerholes.

object
Date
before 1956
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 495 x 30 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
bamboo; pigment
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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