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Duct flute

before 1920
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueBone, beetle shells, feathers
DimensionsLength 13 cm, width 2.3 cm (Length 5 1/8 in., width 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMary L. Smith Fund
Accession number1986.602
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1986, sold by Douglas Deihl, Florence, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 26, 1986)
mid to late 20th century
before 1899
before 1900
late 19th century–early 20th century
1850–1900
A.D. 400–800
late 18th century
19th century
3850–3650 B.C.
early 20th century