Booklet published by Rudall Carte and Company on the history of the flute. The publication contains brief histories of metal, silver, wood and bass flutes with line drawn diagrams.
Rudall, Carte and Company Limited. Tradition Plus Modernity
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Amazon - Marañon Colombia. Arara village (Ticuna) am (30/26)
object | ARC/GUP/001/199
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Brazil - Channel nr. Ilha Sta Rita, Indian casting net (Am/7)
object | ARC/GUP/001/004
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Black and white negative of men working on spreading the canoe apart in the middle of the forest
object | ARC/GUP/003/055
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Biography of George Dennis Ratcliffe by Dick Hill
object | ARC/RAT/022
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