Nunut

Nunut friction idiophone of New Ireland, made of a large block of wood, up to 2 m. (6 1/2 ft.) long and 60 cm. (2 ft.) in diam., with 3 crosscuts of graduated depth chiseled out so as to form an upper surface of 4 giant teeth. The player rubs its surface with rosined hands, producing 4 tones. See also: alaunut, kule paganeg, lauka, livika, lunat, lunuot (77). Fischer, H. Schallgeräte in Ozeanien. Strasbourg, 1958.