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Summary
Instrument type: Transverse Flute
Medium: Unidentified wood, highly ornamented throughout.; 24.45 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Extremely warped unless having been made as such. Three cracks at lower end.
Provenance: André Rossignol, Paris, 28 July 1926.
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.