Bugle-flute "putorino" ·  Nouvelle-Zélande, Maori · ID: 3036667

Description

wood, dark brown patina, fine flax binding, face (“wheku”) at the blowing end and a further face carved around a central hole, both with haliotis-shell eyes, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
this instrument could be played at either end, either as a flute or a bugle. Traditional information would suggest that these were used more for signalling when a chief was returning to a village than for making music.

L’objet Bugle-flute “putorino” avec l’ID d’objet 3036667 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 76th tribal art auction dans 22 mars 2014. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 73 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 400 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 1 500 €.

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Littérature comparée

Starzecka, Dorota C., Taonga Maori in the British Museum, London 2010, ill. 505 ff.