Musical Instruments - DCM 0740: Anonymous Vertical Flute

Brownsea Castle Sale, Bournemouth, England, 21 June 1927, no. 1896[c], described as a "Nay. A vertical flute found in Egypt and of great antiquity." According to Betty Austin Hensley, probably from the South Sea Islands.
Instrument type: Vertical Flute
Medium: Bamboo.; 64.95 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/4 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Four cracks at end.
Provenance: C. Van Raalte Collection, Brownsea Castle Sale, 21 June 1927, Bournemouth, England, obtained by Harold Reeves, London, on behalf of DCM, received 6 Aug. 1927.

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.