DCM 0137: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

Knot decorated by removing the bark with incised zigzag lines.

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute

Medium: Bamboo.; 24.45 cm.

Key Holes System: 0/4 holes.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

Provenance: John Finn, Essex, England, 20 Sept. 1920.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.