Mbita-Ni-Tanga, ca. 1830, Fiji, Melanesian, Bamboo, L. cm (27-15/16 in.); Diam. ca. cm (1-11/16 in.), Aerophone

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Mbita-Ni-Tanga, ca. 1830, Fiji, Melanesian, Bamboo, L. cm (27-15/16 in.); Diam. ca. cm (1-11/16 in.), Aerophone-Blow Hole-nose flute, Widely made and used in every region of the Pacific except Australia, nose flutes are played with the nose rather than the mouth. To do so, the musician generally holds one nostril shut with the thumb or a finger and sounds the flute by blowing into a small hole drilled near the top of the instrument with the other

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