Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: AF-AEBH-70
DISPLAY: A World of Music: Africa, Asia and Latin America ~ Instruments from the Hartenberger World Music Collection- Sheldon Art Galleries – February 6, 2015 – January 2, 2016
Edge-blown Flutes (Blow-hole)
Bamileke (Elephant) Flute
Cameroon
Mende
Wood
Early 20th century
Length: 7.5 inches
Aerophone – Edge-blown – Flute/Whistle
Figural Elephant Zoomorphic Hunter’s Flute of the Bamileke people of Cameroon. A feather is still inserted in the blow opening. When not in use a feather was inserted to prevent insects from entering the tube chamber