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End-blown flute (kooauau)
Maori people
about 1860
Object Place: New Zealand
Medium/Technique
Tutu wood?
Dimensions
Length 13.3 cm, width 2.5 cm (Length 5 1/4 in., width 1 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.293
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of tutu wood (?), carved on one side with frontal-view of full-length human figure. Three fingerholes on reverse side.
InscriptionsGlued-on manuscript label: Native Flu[te?] / New Zealand
ProvenanceBefore 1984, apparently sold by Tad Johnson, London, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)