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End-blown flute (kooauau)

about 1860
Object PlaceNew Zealand
Medium/TechniqueTutu wood?
DimensionsLength 13.3 cm, width 2.5 cm (Length 5 1/4 in., width 1 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.293
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Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsGlued-on manuscript label: Native Flu[te?] / New Zealand
ProvenanceBefore 1984, apparently sold by Tad Johnson, London, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)