Duct whistle

1850–1900

Object PlaceUnited States

Medium/TechniqueBone

DimensionsLength 12.8 cm, diameter 0.7 cm (Length 5 1/16 in., diameter 1/4 in.)

Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund

Accession number1984.321

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsMusical instruments

Collections

ProvenancePurchased in Northampton, MA, by Douglas Deihl, Northampton; 1984, sold by Douglas Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)

Joannes Ruckers the Younger

1620

Jorgen Knudsen

1838

about A.D. 100

19th century

before 1879

19th century

late 19th century

1950–70

before 1500

1850–1900

mid-19th century

early 20th century