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End-blown flute
Unknown people
about 1925
Object Place: Possibly Chad
Medium/Technique
Wood, plant fiber
Dimensions
Length 31.2 cm, width 3.4 cm (Length 12 5/16 in., width 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.297
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionSlender conical body of wood stained/painted black with beveled embouchure end. Narrow end pierced longitudinally by small hole into bore and tip steeply cut away along one side. Integral eyelet near embouchure end with long carrying cord of twined plant fiber.
ProvenanceAbout 1925, collected in Chad by a missionary; before 1984, sold by a pawn broker as part of a collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)