Ryuteki (龍笛 "dragon flute")
Object type: Ryuteki ("dragon flute")
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: 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)
Geography:     Japan  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1907
Tags: Dragons