Fool's Head Whistle
16th century
Medium/TechniqueIvory; bone
Dimensions5.08 x 3.49 x 3.17 cm (2 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Fund
Accession number60.791
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Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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Provenance1960, sold by J. J. Klejman (dealer; b. 1906 - d. 1995), New York, to the MFA for $700. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)
50 B.C.–1 A.D.
11th century
about A.D. 100
3rd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
before 1500
about A.D. 1000
A.D. 200–600
probably after A.D. 1600