Flute Stopper
Unknown
late 19th–early 20th century · Wood, paint, shell · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
The intricate woodcarvings of the Biwat people of the Yuat River served largely as personal ornaments worn in the hair or attached to the belts or armbands of dancers. In addition to the decoration of the human body, Biwat artists created a variety of ornaments to adorn sacred flutes such as the small flute stopper seen here, which originally served to seal the upper end of a hollow bamboo flute.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Medium
- Wood, paint, shell
- Culture
- Biwat people
- Department
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Credit line
- The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
