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Flute - Whistle

Kuba Field Flute

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kuba

Wood
ca. Mid-20th century

Length: 13.25 inches
Aerophone - Edge-blown - Flute/Whistle

A Kuba tapering tube flute topped by a bulbous circular top edge-blown end with a side single finger hole, a common form of the southern Congolese whistle. The opposite end is incised and in a four-sided dagger shape. Cloth and bead appendage attached. Signs of age and usage.

 

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Catalog#: AF-AEBH-22-43