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Object Number
99-12-10/53006
Display Title
Wooden flute
Descriptions
Object Description
Seven-holed duct flute (flageolet) made of cedar, painted with red pigment (vermilion?), and encased with an animal’s intestinal membrane. The rectangular wooden slide or tuner placed above the stop of the instrument is carved to suggest a zoomorphic form.
Inventory Description
Wooden flute, lead-capped end, wooden stopper tied with leather, painted red.
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1825
Culture
- Winnebago?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Missouri River?; Mississippi River?
Dimensions
Overall: 41 x 3 x 4.5 cm (16 1/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53006
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Owner
Peale Museum
(1828 - Unknown)
Collector
Lt. George Christian Hutter
(1825-1826 - 1828)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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