- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Mirliton voice disguiser.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- French
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- By 1911
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Process Gilded
- Dimensions
- Length 190 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.34.470 Other numbers: Balfour number 470
Search terms: Music, Toy and Game, Musical Instrument, Voice Disguiser
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