DCM 0739: Anonymous, Japanese Amma-No-Fuye (Double Whistle)

DCM ledger: "Said to be used by barbers to call attention of their customers. Has written in Mr. Taphouse's hand, on side of one tube 'Yokohama Barber's Call.'"

Instrument type: Amma-No-Fuye (Double Whistle)

Medium: Bamboo.; 16.95 cm.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

Provenance: C. Van Raalte Collection, Brownsea Castle Sale, 21 June 1927, Bournemouth, England, obtained by Harold Reeves, London, on behalf of DCM, received 6 Aug. 1927. Formerly in the collection of Mr. T. W. Taphouse, Oxford.

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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