Flute - Whistle

Samo (or Bobo-Fing) Flute

Tougan area, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
Samo

Wood
ca. Mid-20th century

Length: 19 inches
Aerophone - Edge-blown - Flute/Whistle

An old well used tribal flute with a beautiful elegant form and fine aged blackish patina of the Samo Tribe (Fulani). Burkina Faso is a multiethnic nation with about sixty ethnic and linguistic groups. In the eastern and central region the Mossi are at the center, the Gurmanche in the extreme east and the Fulbe and Tuareg in the north. The western and southern regions the largest groups are the Bisa and Gurunsi in the south, the Lobi and Dagara in the southwest, the Bobo in the west, and the Bwaba and Samo in the northwest.

Owner:
Catalog#: AF-AEBH-59-43

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