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Transverse flute (paloui)
1900–50
Object Place: Indonesia, Possibly Sulawesi
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 51.9 cm, diameter 1.9 cm (Length 20 7/16 in., diameter 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Mary L. Smith Fund
Accession Number1986.600
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of bamboo with etched decoration of geometric patterns and burned-in decoration of bands of dots. Six fingerholes.
InscriptionsAssociated manuscript paper label: Flute from Padang / Sumatra
Provenance1986, sold by Douglas Deihl, Florence, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 26, 1986)