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Flute, Koauau

Wooden flute; koauau. Charcoal evident inside flute and in two holes on top with surface crack in grain running between holes. Another hole on side at proximal end. Proximal end cut flush on outside of natural joint with distal end having an irregular face with missing surface chips. A deeper but rounded cut in the distal end may be remnant hole which has eroded out.

Provenance Place:
Little Papanui, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand

D29.1274

Details

Measurements
162 x 24 x 27mm
Media/Materials
wood, vegetal, organic
Credit Line
Mr Richard Steele
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D29.1274
On Display
No

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