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Transverse flute
about 1925
Object Place: Papua New Guinea, Possilbly Central Highlands
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 46.4 cm, width 3.8 cm (Length 18 1/4 in., width 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.292
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of bamboo, the proximal end shaped into two prongs (155 mm. long) just beyond node. Burned-in geometric designs on main body; the prongs showing lizard, window, airplane, and random repeating letters. One blow-hole, just above node. No fingerholes.
InscriptionsSmall glued-on label with typed number "1"
ProvenanceBefore 1979, private collection of New Guinea material compiled about 1930, New York; about 1979, Lillian Caplin, Center for Musical Antiquities, New York; before 1984, sold by Caplin to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)