Notched flute

Collection type: Object
Description: Notched flute
Geographical reference: Bangladesh
Asia > Southern Asia > Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts Basanti near Subalong
Cultural groups: Pankho; Thado
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1926
Date collected: 30 December 1928
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1927 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Process Perforated, Process Notched
Dimensions: Length: max 858 mm, Diameter: max 26 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.996
Research and responses: According to Ethnologue, 'Kuki' is a synonym for both the Thado Chin and the Zome (Zo). However, 'Kuki-Chin' is also an overall Tibeto-Burman linguistic sub-grouping, members of which according to Ethnologue include the Falam Chin, the Anal, the Aimol, the Biete, the Hrangkhol, the Lamkang, the Pankhu, Vaiphei and the Purum. In this latter sense, though, 'Kuki' is a broad linguistic family rather than just one of two ethnic groups. In any case, all these groups are Chin. [SHD 7/6/2000]

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