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Transverse flute (ryuteki)

early 20th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueBamboo, wisteria bark
DimensionsLength 41.4 cm, diameter 2.4 cm (Length 16 5/16 in., diameter 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.280
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1984, sold by Bill Gribbon, Greenfield, Massachusetts, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
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