Transverse Flute (Ti-Tzu) Or (Ty)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BAMBOO, STAINED AND VARNISHED WITH BONE TIPS, AND AN INSCRIPTION IN WHITE PAINT. TEN HOLES ON THE UPPER PART AND TWO OPPOSITE PLACED TOGETHER NEAR THE LOWER END. A FILM OVER THE SECOND MOUTH-HOLE. "THE FLUTE IS USED ONLY FOR SOLOS, AND APPEARS TO BE REGARDED AS HAVING AN APPROPRIATE CONNECTION WITH RELIGIOUS RITES. IN ONE OF THE TEMPLES AT CANTON, A FLUTE PLAYER STOOD BY THE ALTAR, AND WHILE THE CEREMONIES OF WORSHIP WERE IN PROGRESS, HE BLEW A SOFT AND MELANCHOLY AIR AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SERVICE." (LAY, THE CHINESE AS THEY ARE, P. 197)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005892
label: USNM Number
content: E54062-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute