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Puilui. Nose flute. (D.) Ki kolie puru. Nose flute. (H.) 



Putetue. Nose flute. (D.) Ki. Flute. ( H. ) 



Ivi tahi. Flute. ( D. ) \'ivo ( Nuku Hiva dialect ). p-lute with three 



la piananai, ia piveuveu. Flute. (D.) holes. 



JEW'S HARPS 



Bamboo's Jcw'.s liarp.s are still used in the Marquesas In- boys and young 



men. 



The main part of the harji consists of a strip of bamboo si.x to eifjht inches lontj and 

 about one inch wide. It is split from a large joint, so that it is only slightly curved. A dec]) 

 narrow notch is cut in the center of one end of this strij); a thin flat stri]) of bamboo, slitjhtly 

 wider tlian the notch, serves as a vibrator. This viljrator is not attached to the wider stri]i, 

 but is laid on its concave surface, covering the notch and protruding two or three inches 

 beyond the end of the wider strip. The instrument is held in the left hand, with the convex 

 side of the wide strip against the mouth. The player blows through the notch, meanwhile 

 striking the projecting end of the narrow strip rapidly with the right hand. Jew's harps 

 seem to have been used only as toys. 



STRINGED INSTRUMENTS 



The only al)orioinal stringed instrument now used in the ]\Iar(|uesas is 

 the musical l)0\v called ufcfc. (See PL. l.x.xii, /;). At the present time it is 

 l)racticallv obsolete. It was seen only once in the valley of Pua Ma'u, Hiva Oa. 



The body of the modern bow is made of fau wood, and is flat on the outer, and convex 

 on the inner surface, .^n average specimen is three feet six inches long, with a central width 

 of one inch, tapering to -/s, of an inch at the ends. The string is usually made of slender iron 

 wire, but a very thin cord, twisted from the fibers of the leaf sheath of the coconut palm, is 

 still occasionally used. One end of the cord is twisted around the bow, while its opposite end, 

 which is knotted, is caught in a narrow slot in the wood. To increase the tension, small 

 stones or little pieces of wood, like bridges, are placed under one or both ends of the string. 

 In jjlaying the instruiuent one end is held in the teeth while the body of the bow projects 

 almost horizontally to the left. The bow is supported by the left hand and the string tapped 

 rapidiv with a slender baton made from the midrib of a coconut leaflet. Handy was informed 

 that the bow was made of inio and that the string was plucked with the fingers of the right 

 hand. 



The musical bow was primarily a woman's toy, but is played by j^ersons of both sexes 

 at the present time. The note is quite faint, being almost inaudible twenty feet away, but 

 being held in the teeth, sounds quite loud to the player. 



Dordillon defines the word kikouo as a "kinil nf shell Ivrc" and c pukcn'a 

 kikoua as a "lyre." This would seem to indicate the former existence in the 

 Marquesas of stringed instruments other than the musical bow, but no examjiles 

 of these have survived, and no information in regard to them was obtained. 



STICKS FOR P.EATINC TIME 



At dances the men sometimes beat time with two short sticks. One of the 

 sticks is held in the jialm of the left hand and tapped with the other, held in 

 the right hand. 



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