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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 view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
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.