Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: AF-AEBH-16-14

Esther Dagan’s MAN AND HIS VISION-THE TRADITION OF WOOD SCULPTURE OF BURKINA FASO

Edge-blown Flutes (Blow-hole)

Mossi Bulbous Hunter's Flute (B)

Tougan area, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
Mossi

Wood
Mid 20th Century
Length: 13 inches
Aerophone – Edge-blown – Flute/Whistle

This field-collected wooden flute (hunters whistle)shows the traditional bulbous-shape flute used by the Mossi people in Central Burkina Faso. Flutes are used in celebrations, local factions and the shorter ones (like this one) with a lance shaped end, are used by hunters as whistles.

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