Photo of DCM 1021: Anonymous Whistle - Public domain dedication
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Instrument type: Whistle
Medium: Dark wood, ebony or cocus, ivory. Steel metal ring.; 12.7 cm.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: The upper end was perforated to receive a steel ring, perhaps for a neckstrap, which caused a large crack. Fipple cracked at that point. Block out of position.
Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 2 Oct. 1930.
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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