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End-blown flute (nay)


End-blown flute (nāy)
19th century
Object Place: Egypt

Medium/Technique Cane
Dimensions Length 73.2 cm, diameter 2.2 cm (Length 28 13/16 in., diameter 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1803
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)