Nose Flute
Unidentified Fijian maker
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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