DCM 0691a: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Spain." Roughly rectangular tube in cross section. The portions containing bark form rounded corners and the flat sections are stained dark (puce). The front and back flattened areas contain the 6 fingerholes and 1 thumbhole respectively.
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute
Medium: Bamboo, with dark stain.; 26.85 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: Carleton Sprague Smith, New York, 18 Dec. 1926.

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.