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End-blown flute
19th century
Object Place: Greece
Medium/Technique
Brass
Dimensions
Length 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1829
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionCylindrical brass tube with six finger-holes in the front and one thumb-hole in the rear; chamfered upper edge.
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)