Three Figural Flutes

Art of Africa, Oceania, and Tribal Worlds - Dave DeRoche

$500 each, if sold separately. Finely carved wood figures fiber-lashed to long, hollow bamboo flute poles with incised designs. The artful incised line designs on the long yellow bamboo flute tubes could be more beautiful if the dried mud were sponged off. Some shells, fibers, and cordage adorn the figures like humans wear earrings and caches sexes. Incisings (scars?) show traces of white pigment. One floor base could display this threesome standing dramatically. These were all collected in the same village.

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