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End-blown flute (dongxiao)
19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 59.2 cm, diameter 3 cm (Length 23 5/16 in., diameter 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2087
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
InscriptionsIncised Chinese characters on body (English translation): ?
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)