- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- End flute
- Long description
- End flute with 6 finger holes, 1 thumb hole. the thumb hole is placed above the first of the finger holes. The large mouthpiece is made of wood and painted black. At each joint of the reed there is a binding of metalled string. [LM-S 20/1/2020]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Modern
- Date collected
- 1972
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1986
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 580 mm, Diameter: max 60 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1986.1.23
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Flute
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