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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
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

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)