Ryuteki (龍笛 "dragon flute")
Unknown Artist
19th century
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Bamboo, various woods
Dimensions
15 3/4 × 7/8 in. (40 × 2.2 cm) Case: 17 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in. (43.5 × 2.9 × 2.9 cm)
Classification
Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Culture
Japanese
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
07.222.1
Tags
Dragons