Owner:  HWMC
Catalog#: AF-AEBH-18

Edge-blown Flutes (Blown-hole)

Bobo Fing Bronze Flute

Burkina Faso
Bobo-Fing

Bronze
20th century
Length: 7 inches
Aerophone – Edge-blown – Flute/Whistle

Traditional tribal bronze flute of the Bobo Fing (literally ‘black Bobo’) of the Mande people, who live in eastern Burkina Faso. They are primarily farmers whose lives are regulated by a council of elders.

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