Khumbgwes

Esquema

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Jerarquía

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 Southern Africa, with three finger holes. They are similar to the ombgwes of the Katanga people of Zimbabwe, in that they are made with stopped canes, which are fit into a hollow nsala fruit shell. The flute is played by blowing across a hole in the shell.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265884

Otros términos

  • khumbgwe [en]