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End-blown, open notched flute made of bamboo (probably Xui bamboo, also known as water bamboo), with five elliptical fingerholes and one thumbhole. There are four additional vent holes located just below the distal bamboo node, with oval- and teardrop-shapes. Single U-shaped notch on proximal end.
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1950–1978 - Maker:
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Inventory number:
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Guizhou Province, China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.141.12 Open single notch flutes with fingerholes
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- Decorative elements:Chinese dragon engraved around the toneholes with red, blue, green, yellow and white colours.
- Inscriptions:Larger line of blue Chinese characters: Poem on flute translated by Jun Wen: "It is a late evening. The moon is shining into the house. Leaning on the fence, I felt the mountains are leaning towards me. I just realised this evening that the breeze of the spring is so warm."|Shorter line of blue Chinese characters is possibly about insects in grass (or maker/master's workshop name).|Large Chinese characters in green cartouche, hold by butterflies on both ends.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.141.12 Open single notch flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Measurements:Length: 644mm