Flute

Item number Sf1135 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Long, yellow-brown flute with carved holes made from a bamboo-like length of reed grass. A separate reed is fitted into the mouthpiece and secured in place with twine. Wool and cotton string are wrapped around the lower portion of the flute in two places.

History Of Use

A woven strap passes around the neck and attaches to the flute about one third of the way from the bottom, where the middle group of threads are wrapped around the flute. The instrument is played while dancing.

Narrative

Bought from Rufino Quispe Condori on June 12, 1983 in Candelaria. Made of soqosa reed which is grown in the Yungas or sub-tropical eastern slopes of the Andes. Rufino bought this flute in Tarabuco.