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Flute

Flute

Jacob David Helwert (German, 1812–1866)
about 1850
Object PlaceStuttgart, Germany
Medium/TechniqueMaple, horn, brass
DimensionsLength 67.6 cm (26 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of John and Jodi Nichols
Accession number1978.490
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on headjoint: [6-point asterisk]; stamped on upper bodyjoint: [6-point asterisk] / HELWERT / STUTTGART / DProvenance1978, gift of John and Jodi Nichols, Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1978)
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