Ombgwes

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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Sound Devices > sound devices > <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> > aerophones > flutes (aerophones) > flutes without duct > vertical flutes

Descripción

Vertical flutes of the Katanga people of Zimbabwe. They are made with stopped canes, which are fit into a hollow nsala fruit shell. The cane has two finger holes, and the flute is played by blowing across a hole in the shell. Different from "khumbgwes," which has three finger holes.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265883

Otros términos

  • ombgwe [en]
  • ombiwe [en]
  • ombiwes [en]