Photo of DCM 1460: Anonymous Sopilka - Public domain dedication

The upper 7.2 cm. of the instrument is wood without finish.

Instrument type: Sopilka

Medium: Poplar(?), stained light brown with dark shellac or varnish.; 39.2 cm.

Key Holes System: 0/6 holes bored at angle.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

Provenance: Source not known.

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.