American Fife: Museum Object and Cultural History
American Fife: Date made: 1850 - 1860. date made: 1800 - 1899. unspecified: U.S. War Department.
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This fife was made by an unknown maker in the United States, around 1850-1860. It is a United States Army Regulation fife in B-flat, made of rosewood with nickel silver ferrules. The fife is stamped:
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1850 - 1860
- date made: 1800 - 1899
- unspecified: U.S. War Department
- Object Name: fife
- Physical Description: rosewood (overall material)
- Physical Description: nickel silver (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 15 1/16 in x 3/4 in; 38.25875 cm x 1.905 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: MI.219179
- accession number: 40430
- catalog number: 219179
- Credit Line: Gift of War Department
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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