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Pigeon whistle (geling)

19th century
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Gourd
Dimensions Height 4.8 cm, diameter 6.4 cm (Height 1 7/8 in., diameter 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2069
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

InscriptionsIncised on body: [one Chinese character]
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)