M0017510: Two bone flageolets

Photograph of two bon flageolets, whistle instruments similar to the recorder. The one on a cord is of unknown provenance and was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1932 (accession number R47789). The other is of unknown provenance, possibly South African, and was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1930 and given accession number A88480. The items were transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1966.

August 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R47789 and A88480

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.