DCM 0336: Anonymous End-blown Flute

Perforated septum between holes 6 and end of instrument.
Instrument type: End-blown Flute
Medium: Bamboo, with bark removed in random places in addition to the area of the toneholes, bound with iron wire at the bottom.; 31.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: John Davis Batchelder, Washington, D.C., 22 Apr. 1923. Batchelder claimed having seen this played by a Greek boy at the Acropolis.

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.