8-Keyed Flute: Museum Object and Cultural History
8-Keyed Flute: Date made: 1850 - 1899. Object Name: flute. Physical Description: ebony (overall material).
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The maker and provenance of this flute is unknown, and made around 1850 to 1899. It is an 8-keyed flute made of ebony with a rosewood second joint, ivory ferrules, and silver keys.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1850 - 1899
- Object Name: flute
- Physical Description: ebony (overall material)
- Physical Description: rosewood (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Physical Description: silver (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 27 1/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 68.73875 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number: MI.237752
- accession number: 45356
- catalog number: 237752
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Weston D. Bayley
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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