End-blown flute
about A.D. 1000
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueBone
DimensionsLength 22.5 cm, diameter 2.9 cm (Length 8 7/8 in., diameter 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.339
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
Provenance1980, sold by a dealer, Lima, Peru, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984); June 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Skinner Auctions, Boston.
about A.D. 100
before 1500
A.D. 200–600
probably after A.D. 1600
possibly before A.D. 1500
before A.D. 1600