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Reed pipe
Native American
19th century
Object Place: United States or Canada, Northwest Coast region
Medium/Technique
Red cedar, spruce root
Dimensions
Length 13.6 cm, width 3.5 cm, thickness 3.2 cm (Length 5 3/8 in., width 1 3/8 in., thickness 1 1/14 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2216
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionWedge-shaped body (of circular cross-section) constructed of two hollowed out halves of red cedar (?), separated by wood septum, all bound with strips of split spruce root near proximal end and at center. Two semi-circular embouchure holes. Tapered end forms two single reeds beating against either side of septum.?
ProvenanceBy 1903, Francis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England [see note]; 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)
NOTE: F. W. Galpin, "The Whistles and Reed Instruments of the American Indians of the North-West Coast," Proceedings of the Musical Association, 29th sess. (1902-1903): p. 127, pl. III, fig. 14.
NOTE: F. W. Galpin, "The Whistles and Reed Instruments of the American Indians of the North-West Coast," Proceedings of the Musical Association, 29th sess. (1902-1903): p. 127, pl. III, fig. 14.