Native Name | Paixiao |
Object Number | A890 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Paixiao. For ritual music representing voice of the Phoenix. Sixteen whistle pipes with side openings, box painted dark red with gold designs. The pipes are innerduct flutes (like a recorder). The symbols on the front are of the eight Daoist immortals. Gold designs on black pipes. Wood of box is cracked, one pipe detached. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
Other Number | A-unknown - Seder Number |
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