End-blown flute
Vernacular Name
- Foi dua
Maker
Pak Klé
Date2015 ca.
Place MadeGurusina, Flores (island), Indonesia, Asia
Serial No.None
SignedNoneDescriptionDouble-flute made with two bamboo tubes held together at an angle with a support that is secured and covered with cotton string. Each tube is stopped near the blowing end with cork. An external duct is created on each tube by a blade of bamboo that is tied on at the blowing end and covers a short groove in the wall of the tube. The bamboo blade is woven between slits at each side of the goove. The blade and groove together direct air from the player's mouth against the sharp edge of a holecut into the tube at the bottom of the groove. Three fingerholes on each tube mostly spaced at equi-distance from each other. Fingerholes appear to have been created by being burned through and are located in a flattened area of the tube made by removal of a small strip of the top layer of the bamboo.
Flores is located in the eastern half of Indonesia and was known as one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. The name is Portuguese for "Flowers." Flores is the 10th most populous island of Indonesia. Gurusina is a traditional village located in East Nusa Tenggara, the southernmost province of Indonesia, in the Ngada regency, one of 21 regencies in the province.
DimensionsDimensions taken from player's perspective.
Left tube length: 305mm
Right tube length: 310mm
Widest part at bottom from outside of tube to outside of other tube: 95mm
Right tube outide diameter at bottom end: 16.6mm
Right tube inside diameter (bore) at bottom end: 13.7mm
Left tube outside diameter at bottom end: 16.5mm
Left tube inside diameter (bore) at bottom end: 13.5mm
ProvenanceDonor obtained this instrument during his field work in Gurusina Village, Ngada Regency, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, in 2015. He took foi dua lessons with the 72-year-old musician and maker Bapak Kletus (“Pak Klé”).
Credit LineGift of Christopher A. Miller, 2017
Object number15055
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