Accession No
1930.527 A
Description
Flute - Bamboo noise-tube. Rough bamboo cylinder, now broken in 3 pieces. No plaited rings or loops. Burnt inside, quite plain.Original accession notes: " This is one of a pair with 1930.527B, but got badly broken. Used by man inside mask to modify sound of his voice. Name of mask figures is MAI. End of tube put in mouth as sing falsetto totemic songs. There should be a pair of specimens for two masked figures which perform together - elder and younger brothers." Poor
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Middle Sepik; Mindimbit
Period
Source
Bateson, Gregory [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1930.527 A; MAA: 1930.527; 1930.527
Cultural Affliation
T=Iatmul
Material
Wood; Cane; Bamboo
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Museum record photograph: F15,13. Basel Museum fur Volkerkunde numerical code: 16.4.5.; Collected by: Bateson.G;
Event Date 30/6/1995
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Bamboo noise-tube. Rough bamboo cylinder, now broken in 3 pieces. No plaited rings or loops. Burnt inside, quite plain.Original accession notes: " This is one of a pair with 1930.527B, but got badly broken. Used by man inside mask to modify sound of his voice. Name of mask figures is MAI. End of tube put in mouth as sing falsetto totemic songs. There should be a pair of specimens for two masked figures which perform together - elder and younger brothers." Poor
Event Date 30/6/1995
Author: maa
FM:102881
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