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End-blown flute (lain-ah?)

Native American, Hopi Pueblo
19th century
Object Place: Arizona, United States, Southwest

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Length 70.3 cm, diameter 2.8 cm (Length 27 11/16 in., diameter 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2227
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

DescriptionCylindrical body constructed of single piece of hardwood. Embouchure end thinned for width of about 10 mm along inside of one wall. Five fingerholes in distal half; three nearest center equally-spaced and two nearest distal end widely spaced.

InscriptionsIn ink on side: "16169"
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)