Photo of DCM 0435: Anonymous Panpipes - Public domain dedication

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Photo of DCM 0435: Anonymous Panpipes - Public domain dedication

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Summary

See DCM 433. DCM ledger: "The pipes are so arranged that two pipes, in major or minor thirds, can be sounded at one time."
Instrument type: Panpipes
Medium: Bamboo, lashed together with braided grass.; 15 cm. (shortest), 22.7 cm. (longest)
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: Clarence Elkin, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sept. 1924.

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.

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Date

1700 - 1900
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Location

malo island
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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