Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3445
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	kul
Subject
	423.122.1
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Iatmul
Format
	30 in. length (with sculptural finial)
18.4 in. length (length of sounding cavity)
17.8 in. length (center of aperture to open end)
3.3 in. diameter (at open end of sounding cavity)
.9 - 1.1 in. width (of blow hole aperture)
Identifier
	6179
Source
	Melanesia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Papua New Guinea
Alternative Title
	kwi
	towel
Medium
	wood
	shell - cowrie
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Oceania
Provenance
	vetter collection, 2019
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over hole in side of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	none
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	not used
Pitch production in aerophones
	single pitch - one pitch produced in single air cavity
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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