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1923.88.125

Flute.

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1923.88.125

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flute.
Cultural groups
Wampis
Person
Field collector Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
PRM source Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
By 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 16 mm, Length: max 350 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.88.125
Research and responses

According to the Oxford English Dictionary The flute is 'A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers, or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The flute of the ancients, whether single or double, was blown through a mouthpiece at the end. About the middle of the 18th cent. this was entirely superseded by the transverse flute or German flute, which is blown through an orifice at the side near the upper end.' [MJD (Verve) 16/12/2015]

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Flute

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