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Flute
Object Number 67-9-60/193
Display Title Flute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flute, bamboo body, incised bone ends, dark thread bands
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Bamboo, Bone, Thread, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 68.7 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm (27 1/16 x 15/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 193
Provenance
Donor Donated by Boston Athenaeum

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