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Where in Africa are globular flutes made from gourds or hard-shelled fruits found?
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vessel flute
Toad ocarina, slip-painted ceramic, Nopiloa, southern Veracruz, Mexico, 700β900 ce; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Globular flutes, which are vessel flutes made from gourds or hard-shelled fruits, are found in southern Africa, Congo, Mozambique, Uganda, and Guinea. These instruments are a type of aerophone characterized by a closed, spherically shaped body with a blowhole and sometimes finger holes.12