DCM 0689c: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Spain."

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute

Medium: Bamboo, stained reddish purple, see DCM 689a.; 21.55 cm.

Key Holes System: 0/4 holes plus 1 rectangular hole at the bottom (likely a vent hole), plus 1 fifth hole at the bottom, round, but apparently altered and possibly originally rectangular.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

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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