Carved wooden flute with six holes simply decorated with brass and silver coloured metal bands
Item
Title
Carved wooden flute with six holes simply decorated with brass and silver coloured metal bands
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Flute
Music
Description
Carved wooden flute, similar in shape to a recorder, with six holes. It is simply decorated with two carved ridges near the mouthpiece and two flat silver coloured metal bands, a third of the way down, followed by a thicker brass coloured metal band, and a second brass coloured band near the bottom of the instrument.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wood; Plant
Carved
Max L = 435 mm Max Diam = 35 mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.543
A37/543
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust