DCM 0151: Anonymous Vivo (Nose Flute)

Length of bamboo closed with natural septum at one end, perforated with 3 roughly rectangular lateral holes, the uppermost of which is directly beneath the septum.
Instrument type: Vivo (Nose Flute)
Medium: Bamboo.; 30.5 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/2 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Cracked in 3 places.
Provenance: Jean Mignolet, Denver, Colorado, 5 Nov. 1920.

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.