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Ludaya (side-blown flute)
Technical description: Open side-blown flute; made from flower spike of giant lobelia ('mudaya'); no finger-holes; left hand thumb closes near end; far end open, or closed by finger.
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1968 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Mount Elgon/Eastern Uganda/Uganda - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.11 Open side-blown flutes without fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.11 Open side-blown flutes without fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:838
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17831