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Transverse flute (paloui)

1900–50
Object PlaceIndonesia
Medium/TechniqueBamboo
DimensionsLength 51.9 cm, diameter 1.9 cm (Length 20 7/16 in., diameter 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMary L. Smith Fund
Accession number1986.600
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsAssociated manuscript paper label: Flute from Padang / Sumatra
Provenance1986, sold by Douglas Deihl, Florence, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 26, 1986)