puutoorino

Bugle-flute (putorino) made of wood, haliotis shell, cane and fibre with terminals sculpted in high relief. The head at the top has its tongue held in a bird-like beak; around the central modulating aperture is a female figure in low relief. The bugle-flute is made of two perfectly fitting longitudinal sections bound with bands of cane, it was blown at the top end and has a small hole at the bottom. With carved faces at each end and around the central opening. Inlaid eyes of haliotis shell.