Side-blown flute
Date1980-1990 ca.
Place MadeShanghai, China, Asia
Serial No.none
SignedPainted below last finger hole: [Chinese character] (translated: Made in Shanghai, China)MarkingsPainted between the embouchure hole and finger holes of the transverse flute is a red circle with yellow, red, blue, and white flowers in it (with green stems). Above the finger holes on the duct end there is some greenery and yellow, red, blue and white decoration.
Painted in black, below the vent holes: 68-1
DescriptionBamboo with handpainted designs in red, yellow, green, blue and white. This flute has both side-blown and end-blown mechanisms. One need only flip the instrument lengthwise to play it using the other mechanism, as the sounding length is divided by three vent holes. There is no evidence to support the presence of this type of internal duct mechanism in East Asia prior to the twentieth century. This instrument was made for the tourist trade.
DimensionsTotal length of instrument: 536 mm
Embouchure hole: 7.8 mm x 7.1 mm
Credit LineGift of Robert F. Cole, 1999
Object number07441
On View
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1930-1950 ca.
1940-1970 ca.
1930-1940 ca.
