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Duct flute

1900–50
Object PlaceEcuador
Medium/TechniqueCane
DimensionsLength 28.4 cm, diameter 1.4 cm (Length 11 3/16 in., diameter 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.396
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984); June 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Skinner Auctions, Boston.
late 19th century
mid to late 20th century
19th century
late 19th century
About 1710–20
About 1700–10
about 1815