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Duct flute
This instrument was collected in the field by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton. It is a duct flute made of bamboo with five fingerholes.
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1910–20 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Algeria - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
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- Decorative elements:Geometrical incisions and carvings along the body, painted in red colour.
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Length: 360mm