DCM 0689a: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Spain." The labium, fingerholes, and vent holes are drilled through the top where the bark has been stripped away.

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute

Medium: Bamboo, stained reddish purple, except for a full-length area on the top where the bark has been stripped away.; 22.9 cm.

Key Holes System: 0/4 holes plus 1 rectangular hole at the bottom, likely a vent hole.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

Condition: Several full-length cracks, with 2 areas missing one between holes 1 and 2, and the other above the labium. The block is also missing.

Provenance: Carleton Sprague Smith, New York, 18 Dec. 1926.

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.

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