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End blown flute; shabbaba
Shabb?ba, end-blown flute. A length of bamboo with four opened nodes is open at both ends. Six finger holes and one thumbhole. Three of the finger holes and the thumb hole are positioned on the third intermodal section from the top and the remaining three finger holes are on the fourth intermodal section. The proximal end is chamfered to form a narrow rim.
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circa 1980 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Jordan - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.111.12 Open single end-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Materials:bamboo
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.111.12 Open single end-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 510 x 22 mm