Nose flutes vivo
Place: Tahiti & Society Islands
Category: Music & play
bamboo, Tahiti and the Society Islands, l. 37.5 cm, d. 2.5 cm; l. 43.5 cm, d. 3.5 cm, Hanover 1854, No. 13
Nose flute vivo, Inv. Hanover 1854, No. 13
Forster Register B.14: ‘2 long flutes and 2 pan pipes’
The form and function of this somewhat smaller nose flute correspond fully to those of specimen Oz 408. Gundolf Krüger
Sources
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