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Transverse Flute;Walking Stick Flute

Walking stick flute, of wood shaped to look like bamboo, in three joints with brass ferrules, with six fingerholes plus one hole with a key. The head has a horn cap with an inlaid mother-of-pearl shield.

  • Date:
    second or third quarter 19th century
  • Maker:
    Hérouard frères [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Inventory number:
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  • Place of production:
    France, Paris
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  • Period:
  • Materials:Wood;Plant;Brass;Metal;Horn;Animal;Mother-of-Pearl;Shell
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  • Inscriptions:[sun] HEROUARD FRERES A PARIS
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:
  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 855 mm Max Diam = 37 mm