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Transverse flute (bansuri)
Mohan S. Nadkarni (Indian, 1918–1996)
about 1955
Object Place: Mumbai, India
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 70 cm, width 2.6 cm (Length 27 9/16 in., width 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ravi Nadkarni
Accession Number1990.211
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CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionCylindrical body of bamboo with no nodes. Six large fingerholes in distal half, with additional smaller hole near distal end, 90º (towards player) from the line of the fingerholes. Proximal end stopped with cork. Winding of white thread at distal end. Includes a "case" made of a plain bamboo tube, into which the flute fits snugly.
Provenance1990, gift of Ravi Nadkarni, Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1990)
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