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Description: | The rollano pinkillu is played only during the dry season. It is associated with llama herders from the highlands who make seasonal journeys in winter to the valley to exchange highland products for those of the warmer valley regions, thereby enabling a rounded diet and the availability of products from a range of ecozones.
Rollano pinkillu, duct flute. The straight body is made of a branch of jarka wood (genus Albizia) spilt laterally for the bore to be carved out. The two halves are bound with twelve bands of ox tendon. Six large, round finger holes are arranged in two groups of three towards the distal end, This is is partially stopped, with a round distal face surrounding a small round hole. A beak-shaped mouthpiece is carved at the proximal end. A block of charka-uma wood (Proustia cuneifolia) is inserted and is sealed with beeswax or fat. It extends slightly from the top of the beak. The entrance to the windway is trapezium shaped in section. A mouth is cut into the front side of the the tube, meeting the bore in a square shape, with a long chamfered lower edge. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | duct flutes wood hide | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12861 |
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