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Nose flute; dulali
Dulali, large diameter nose flute, transverse flute of bamboo, constructed from a single internode which is closed by nodes both ends. The flute has been pierced with a column of six holes, one for the nose and five for fingering. The central hole in the column forms a circumferential ring with two others. The surface of the tube bears designs in pyrogravure of circumferential triangles arranged in four rows. The ends are decorated with panels of hatching.
- Date:
before 1900 - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Fiji - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.3 Stopped side-blown flutes
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- Materials:bamboo
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.3 Stopped side-blown flutes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 685 x 60 mm