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Flute. Turnbull label: 27. Notched flute. Bamboo. 5 fingerholes. Distal end blocked with leaf plug. Length overall. 527mm. (old display label: "Bambuti people, Belgian Congo"). Turbull list (in 'History file, nos 27 and 28'):'Notched, end-blown flutes; blocked with leaf plug, four stops. Two 5/-' Ituri Forest, Zaire. Collected from the Faizi hunting group of Bambuti in the Epulu district of the Province Orientale, Ituri Forest.
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