Nose Flute

Unidentified Fijian maker

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collected 19th century

Bamboo

Overall: 24 7/16 in. (62 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

13.2.680

Geography

Place Made: Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

19th century

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Source unknown; donated to Dartmouth College, in the late 18th or 19th century; catalogued, 1913.

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