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End-blown flute (wua)
Probably Bwa people
probably late 19th century
Object Place: Burkina Faso
Medium/Technique
Wood, snakeskin, animal skin
Dimensions
Length 17.9 cm, width 4.2 cm (Length 7 1/16 in., width 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.294
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionConical body of dark wood terminating in flattened Y-shape at top with beveled surface for circular embouchure hole. Upper half of body has three raised fingerholes and is wrapped with strips of snakeskin. Lower half of body wrapped with animal skin, and end pierced by hole for carrying cord.
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)