Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012


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Flute

about 1850
Charles G. Christman
Length: 67.9 cm (26 3/4 in.)
Cocuswood, nickel silver

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: New York, New York, United States

Accession number: 2012.263

Description: 8 keys

Provenance/Ownership History: 1984, sold on auction at the annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society, Arizona State University, to Robert E. Eliason, Hanover, New Hampshire; 2012, gift of Eliason to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)

Gift of Robert E. and Ellen I. Eliason