Bone flute
- Made:
- 1851-1920 in New Zealand
Bone flute, made from bone of ancestor, called "Koauau", decorated with carved curvilinear design, played in cases of difficult parturition, Maori, from New Zealand, 1851-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A220809
- Materials:
- bone, human
- type:
- human remains, bone and flute
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
