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Whithorn
Whithorn

Whithorn

19th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueWillow bark
DimensionsLength 37.5 cm, bell diameter 5.3 cm (Length 14 3/4 in., bell diameter 2 1/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1897
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1900, used in England by villagers during the Whit-Monday hunt, Oxfordshire; 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)