Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: AF-AEBH-14-14
Edge-blown Flutes (Blow-hole)
Frafra Flute
Northern Ghana
Frafra
Wood
Mid 20th Century
Length: 5 inches
Aerophone – Edge-blown – Flute/Whistle
This Frafra arrow-shaped flute has two holes and is pierced at the bottom which allows it to be worn around the neck on a string or small rope. The Frafra a live in northern Ghana and are a Voltaic speaking people. Due to differences, they split from the Gurunsi, living in Burkina Faso, during the colonial period.