DCM 1453: Anonymous Whistle Flute (Transverse)

Block of unknown material above which is mounted a crudely made and applied lateral tube allowing horizontal or transverse playing position and the upper end closed with a soldered in metal (cast) nonferrous decorative plug, possibly a lamp part. The steel tube has been plated with the metal commonly used for steel objects which are meant to appear as brass.
Instrument type: Whistle Flute (Transverse)
Medium: Steel, brass-plated.; 32.85 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
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.