Māori music instruments- Taonga puoro

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Traditional Māori musical instruments.

Māori musical instruments; Māori music

Image: Maori games and musical instruments: Spinning top

Maori games and musical instruments: Spinning top

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Karanga Weka (small nguru like instrument)

Karanga Weka (small nguru like instrument)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Two carved Maori mere and a flute

Two carved Maori mere and a flute

Auckland Libraries

Image: Whio

Whio

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Fig. 73. Flutes. — a, porutu (flute), b, whio; c, koauau, wood; d, koauau, bone; e, whio. a-c, e, after Best (18), d, after Hamilton (46, pl. 57, fig. 1)

Fig. 73. Flutes. — a, porutu (flute), b, whio; c, koauau, wood; d, koauau, bone; e, whio. a-c, e, after Best (18), d, after Hamilton (46, pl. 57, f...

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Nguru

Nguru

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Other

Photographs from the Arts Foundation digital database, mainly of Richard Nunns, instruments, and album covers

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Hue puruwai

Hue puruwai

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Pūkāea and pūtātara

Pūkāea and pūtātara

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Purerehua (bull roarer)

Purerehua (bull roarer)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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