American Fife
date: label: Date made
content: 1850 - 1860
label: date made
content: 1800 - 1899
name: label: unspecified
content: U.S. War Department
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This fife was made by an unknown maker in the United States, around 1850-1860. It is a United States Army Regulation fife in B-flat, made of rosewood with nickel silver ferrules. The fife is stamped:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Bb</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Military
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.219179
label: accession number
content: 40430
label: catalog number
content: 219179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/16 in x 3/4 in; 38.25875 cm x 1.905 cm