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End-blown flute (kaur?)
mid-20th century
Object Place: Possibly Ambrim, Vanuatu
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 92 cm, width 3.5 cm (Length 36 1/4 in., width 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2002.606
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of bamboo, the distal end shaped into two prongs (155 mm. long), just beyond node. Surface has incised triangles, alternately painted light brown Large notch at embouchure. Two widely-spaced fingerholes at distal end, just above node.
Provenance2002, accessioned as source unidentified to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 3, 2002)