DCM 0114: Anonymous Kaval (End-blown Flute)

Instrument type: Kaval (End-blown Flute)
Medium: Unidentified wood, possibly mahogany, bone ferrules. Bird's eye décor and some turned lines are black-filled; others are filled with brown paint or ink.; 84 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes plus an upper venthole on bottom joint, and halfway down the tube, 3 more ventholes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: The bottom joint upper bone ferrule is missing, and the wood beneath it is cracked.
Provenance: F. Vragas & Co., New York, 30 June 1919.

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.