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1901.11.5

Flute

1901.11.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flute
Cultural groups
English
Date / Period
Date made: 1750-1850
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 1901
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Material Silver Metal, Material Brass Metal, Process Perforated, Process Turned
Dimensions
Diameter: max 30 mm, Length: max 605 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.11.5 Other numbers: 130.D.21
Research and responses

'Finger-stops' are not an accurate way of describing the fingerholes; stop is an archaic and confusing term for fingerhole that is no longer used [HLR 26/1/2005].

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Flute

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