Kash

Kash 1. generic name for flutes in Ponape, Micronesia; 2. specific name of a *nose flute of Ponape, made of mangrove root or bamboo, with 3 fingerholes, or with 3 fingerholes and a rear thumb-hole, or without fingerholes; formerly also made with 6 fingerholes. Said to be used together with a drum for accompanying dances. See also: ang en tsuma, chup en parri, parri chup en ro (203). Wolf, Siegfried. Zum Problem der Nasenflöte. Leipzig, 1941.