Nose flute

A nose flute (fagufagu) which is made from bamboo. Nose flutes went out of fashion in the late 1800s but were once used by lovers in the art of seduction.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
E1745
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Musical instruments
Collection Area Region
POLYN
Material
bamboo
Common Name
nose flute
Simple Name
flute
Production Country
Samoa, Independent State of
Production Year High
1872

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nose flute