Musical Instruments - DCM 0160: Anonymous Notched Flute

Instrument type: Notched Flute
Medium: Bamboo.; 57.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/5 holes plus 2 vent holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: 2 cracks at upper end.
Provenance: Capt. H. Macaulay FitzGibbon, The Bungalow, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, Mar. 1921.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.