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End-blown flute
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End-blown flute

about 1925
Object PlacePossibly Chad
Medium/TechniqueWood, plant fiber
DimensionsLength 31.2 cm, width 3.4 cm (Length 12 5/16 in., width 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.297
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceAbout 1925, collected in Chad by a missionary; before 1984, sold by a pawn broker as part of a collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
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