Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012

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Flute

about 1840
Graves & Co.
Length: 60.5 cm (23 13/16 in.)
Cocuswood, ivory, nickel silver

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Winchester, New Hampshire, United States

Accession number: 2012.261

Description: 4 keys, brass-lined head joint

Provenance/Ownership History: 1988, sold by Alfred Wood, Westerly, Rhode Island, 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