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#FindsFriday! One of the oldest known musical instruments in the world: a #Palaeolithic #flute made from a #vulture bone some 38,000 years ago! This is one of eight known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region.
Found in the Hohle Fels cave near Schelklingen.

On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren, one of our branch museums.

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#archaeology #music

A close-up photograph of a flute made from a hollowed bone, displayed horizontally on a soft, gray fabric mount in a museum. The flute features several round finger holes along its length and showcases signs of wear and age, such as small chips.

Nina Willburger

@ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de · 2 months ago

On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren, one of our branch museums.

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#archaeology #music

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Assoc for Scottish Literature

@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 2 months ago

The last person to play this rare boxwood flute was likely its owner, James Glencairn Burns, son of Robert Burns. Claire Mann is currently the only musician with permission to play it, & the flute – & Claire – will go on tour as part of a wider fundraising campaign called Saving The Home of Auld Lang Syne which will be launched later this year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62wly2qydno

#Scottish #literature #music #RobertBurns #flute #19thcentury #musichistory

Assoc for Scottish Literature

@scotlit@mastodon.scot · 2 months ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62wly2qydno

#Scottish #literature #music #RobertBurns #flute #19thcentury #musichistory