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Flute
Flute made of bamboo, wood, clay or mud, shells, hair and fibre. Two rectangular finger holes have been cut in the bamboo tube. At the top of the tube is set a carved wooden face covered with a thin layer of grey mud or clay, with cowrie shells set into the surface for eyes and four rows of cowrie shells set on brown clay(?) on the forehead. There are tufts of black hair on the top of the head. Th…
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- Flute
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/268
- Musical instrument
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- Flute
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/268
- Musical instrument
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Identifier
- #MINIM-UK:2039
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-12-16T15:27:33.841Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-12-17T12:57:36.684Z