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Walking-stick flute
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Walking-stick flute

Ludwig Embach & Co. (Netherlandish, about 1810–1844)
about 1840
Object PlaceAmsterdam, The Netherlands
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, brass
DimensionsLength 92.2 cm (36 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Gertrude T. Taft by exchange and William Lindsey Fund, by exchange
Accession number1994.4
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on body: L. EMBACH & CO. / AMSTERDAMProvenanceNovember 22, 1989, likely sold by Sotheby's London, lot 75. By 1994, Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York; 1994, sold by Wurlitzer-Bruck to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 1994)
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