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Free-reed pipe (pi so)
19th century
Object Place: Thailand
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 34.8 cm, diameter 1.7 cm (Length 13 11/16 in., diameter 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1944
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of bamboo with bronze (?) free reed inserted into slit near top. Seven fingerholes and one thumbhole.
InscriptionsIn ink on upper end: [one character] / [B?]023
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)