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Pigeon whistle (geling)
19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Gourd
Dimensions
Height 9.7 cm, width 8.7 cm (Height 3 13/16 in., width 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2070
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
InscriptionsIncised on body: [one Chinese character]
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)