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Walking-stick fife
late 19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Maple, brass
Dimensions
Length 90 cm (35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1864
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionIn B-flat. Conoidal bore. Maple, stained dark brown. Made in three parts in the form of a walking stick with an ellipsoidal head: Brass tips. Elliptical embouchure, six finger-holes, and two vent-holes.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)