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Summary
Instrument type: Panpipes
Medium: Bamboo, bark stripped off leaving partial flat surface. Bound with iron bailing wire which also attaches a wooden combination brace and name plaque.; 15.3 cm. x 9.3 cm. x 7 cm.
Mark Maximum: no 9 - 1942 / 28 HEMPHILL
Provenance: Rae Korson, Washington, 7 June 1946.
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.