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flute

Flute; carved of bamboo; double flute made of two pieces of bamboo joined together with pitch along length, five bands of string wrapped around one end, six holes burnt in each piece of bamboo, second piece of bamboo stuck in end of each and fastened with pitch; third piece of bamboo for mouthpiece stuck in end of each flute, tied together with string.

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