Nose flute

Nose flute
Fijian girl playing nose flute.
Woodwind instrument
Classification Woodwind
Hornbostel–Sachs classification421.111.12
(The player creates a ribbon-shaped stream of air (in this case with nose) through a tube with fingerholes.)
DevelopedUnknown where flutes developed; Asia and Europe have bone flutes thousands of years old. Nose flutes spread in Polynesian and Pacific Rim countries and Africa.
Fijian nose flute from 1838, MHNT collection

The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa.


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