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Flute
This instrument was found at the Department of the Environment excavation site at Bonhunt Farm, Wicken Bonhunt, Essex, between 1971-1974. It is a fragment of a bone duct-flute (lower part missing), with 3 fingerholes (probably four), and likely made from the ulna of a crane.
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1000–1199 - Maker:
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Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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United Kingdom - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Culture:Anglo-Saxon
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Height: 205mm