Flute ·  Burkina Faso, Bwa · ID: 3040058

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, in anthropomorphic shape (“with arms akimbo”), wrapped with leather and stripes of fur, fixed by plant fibre, min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, acrylic base;
these flutes are played to signal the beginning of communal hunt and were used in battle too.

The object Flute with the object ID 3040058 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 283 achieved a sales price of EUR 260.

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Comparing literature

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 431