Pukaea

Pukaea straight wooden trumpet of the Maori of New Zealand, varying from 90 cm. (3 ft.) to 2½ m. (8 ft.) in length, made of totara or matai wood that is split, hollowed, and bound together. It terminates in a bell made by splitting open a portion of the tube and inserting pieces like gores. The mouthpiece is carved. Some pukaeas are conical throughout, others are cylindrical with a conical bell. A feature of the instr. is a free tongue of wood, called tohe-tohe (tonsil), placed inside the tube…