DCM 1511: Anonymous, Chinese Xiao (Notched Flute)
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Instrument type: Xiao (Notched Flute)
Medium: Bamboo, stained black, top stopped with natural septum.; 60 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/5 holes plus 2 tassel holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Crack at thumbhole and notch.
Provenance: W. J. Reed, San Francisco, Sept. 1933.
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.
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