Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Musical Instruments: July 2009–June 2011
End-blown flute
A.D. 1000–1470
Length x width: 18.4 x 2.7 cm (7 1/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Bone
Classification: Musical instruments
Culture: Chimú culture
Object Place: Northern Coast, Peru
Accession number: 2010.618
Provenance/Ownership History: Before mid-1980s, M. San Marco, Houston, Texas; by mid-1980s, sold by San Marco to Israel Pachenko, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; before 2007, sold by Pachenko to Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida; 2007, sold by Arte Xibalba to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 2010, gift of Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)
Gift of Douglas Deihl