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Keyless flute

1850–1900
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, ivory
DimensionsLength 60.5 cm (23 13/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1866
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1900, made for Dr. Burghley, Camden Town, England; by 1916, acquired by Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by 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)
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