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Transverse flute (shinobue)

19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Bamboo
Dimensions Length 46.2 cm, diameter 2.1 cm (Length 18 3/16 in., diameter 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2080
NOT ON VIEW
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)