DCM 0489: Anonymous Zummara (Double Pipe, Single Reeds)
Summary
Instrument type: Zummara (Double Pipe, Single Reeds)
Medium: Bamboo, bound with string.; 19.85 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Missing both upper shank and reed sections.
Provenance: Pierce's Old Book and Curio Shop, Berkeley, California, 31 Aug. 1925.
The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.
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