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Quadruple duct flute

Quadruple duct flute

AD 550–950
Object PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with traces of white stucco and blue pigment
DimensionsOverall: 18.5 x 27 x 29 cm (7 5/16 x 10 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Dennis Carr
Accession number2019.1991
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceAbout 1973, sold by Edward S. Merrin Gallery, New York, to Sherman Sackheim (b. 1921 – d. 2001) and Paula S. Sackheim (b. 1930 – d. 1982), Larchmont, NY [see note 1]; passed to their estate [see note 2]; by 2015, sold by the family of Sherman and Paula Sackheim to Anthropos Gallery, Los Angeles; 2015, sold by Anthropos Gallery to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)

NOTES:
[1] Undated shorthand notes on Merrin Gallery letterhead, provided by the Sackheims, describe the flute and give a sale price. A teller’s check shows that payment was made for this object, at least in part, in 1973. [2] The estate of Paula S. Sackheim first lent the flute to EPCOT Center in 1984; it remained on loan there until about 2008.