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Notched flute
This instrument was collected in the field by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, and was made and played by Kimmecatto. It is an end-blown, notch flute made of a cane stalk with two fingerholes and a large U-shaped notch. The notch and holes were made with a burning tool.
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1925–31 - Maker:
Kimmecatto - Collection:
Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Cameroon (North Region, Hosere Kone) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.141.12 Open single notch flutes with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.141.12 Open single notch flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Length: 365mm