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Flute - Whistle

Mossi or Gunronsi Flutes (2)

Central Burkina Faso (formerly Volta) River Basin
Mossi

Wood
20th century

Length: #1 - 13 inches; #2 - 11.5 inches
Aerophone - Edge-blown - Flute/Whistle

Two flutes/whistles of the Mossi People in Burkina Faso. Their abstract shape takes the form of a standing person with hands on hips and elbows out. These flutes/whistles are played at various occasions, e.g., in ensembles at initiation and funeral rites, as signaling devices of hunters and warriors, and in farming contests, sounded by the winner to announce victory.

 

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Catalog#: AF-AEBH-66 & 67 - 43