End-blown trumpet or bugle-flute, putorino, of wood, from New Zealand; part of the Forster collection (Forster 116; 1886.1.1153)

Trumpet or bugle-flute, putorino, carved from wood. The bugle-flute is made in two pieces, which are bound together with kiekie (Freycinetia arborea) aerial root in four places. The binding at the proximal end is of a different type. The eyes are made from notched haliotis shell

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