Musical Instruments

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Image: Karanga Weka (small nguru like instrument)

Karanga Weka (small nguru like instrument)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: [Taylor, Richard], 1805-1873 :Rehu koauau - a native pipe. [1840s?]

[Taylor, Richard], 1805-1873 :Rehu koauau - a native pipe. [1840s?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :Koauau, native flute. Aug. 19, 1891.

Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :Koauau, native flute. Aug. 19, 1891.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Maori man playing a flute

Maori man playing a flute

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Taylor, Richard], 1805-1873 :He kaia. The largest trumpet of New Zealand made of tutu stick and flax. [1840s or 1850s]

[Taylor, Richard], 1805-1873 :He kaia. The largest trumpet of New Zealand made of tutu stick and flax. [1840s or 1850s]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Warhorn or pah trumpet, New Zealand blown over the gateway of the pah. Onotia on the Thames; Putraputra or war trumpet stick; nose flute; tattooing instruments; ponamu (tiki pounamu) old priestess Hokianga; steer paddle [1844]

[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Warhorn or pah trumpet, New Zealand blown over the gateway of the pah. Onotia on the Thames; Putraputra or war tr...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Polack, Joel Samuel, 1807-1882 :Flutes of the New Zealanders. [1840]

Polack, Joel Samuel, 1807-1882 :Flutes of the New Zealanders. [1840]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Nguru (nose flute)

Nguru (nose flute)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Nguru (nose flute)

Nguru (nose flute)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa