Woodwind Instruments

Bone whistle or flute (York Archeological Trust 7078). England - later 11th-16th C.

Bagpipes

Bagpipes on Heraldic Art. 

 

“The Year’s End” from The Peasants’ Feast or The Twelve Months by Sebald Beham (SLAM 152:1928). Germany - 1546

Bagpiper (Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-924). Germany - 1470-75

Boy playing the bagpipes (V&A Museum 4677-1858). Italy - ca. 1490-1520 

A bear plays bagpipes (fol. 2v) and another bear plays bagpipes (fol. 51r), a graduale (ÖNB Mus. Hs. 15494 Band 1 Mus. Hs. 15493), c. 1499-1500  

Two Street Players and a Girl by Sebold Beham (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.1084). Germany – 1525-28

Entertainers in a Brothel (National Gallery NG5577). Low Countries - 1550s


Flutes

Flutes on Heraldic Art.


Shepherd's flute (Museum Skanderborg SBME3.1). Palestine - 1067

Gold flute (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2010.405). Peru - 1200–1532

Flute (The Met 2008.71). Korea - early 13th C.

Bath House by Albrecht Dürer (National Gallery of Art 1964.8.1788). Germany – ca. 1496-97

Ceramic flute (UBC Museum of Anthropology 3157/42 a-b). Peru – before 1500

Kōauau (Flute) (Museum of New Zealand ME010722). Aotearoa - 1500-1800

A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.31). France – ca. 1512-14

The Peasants’ Feast or The Twelve Months by Sebald Beham (SLAM 150, 152:1928). Germany - 1546-47

Portrait of a one-eyed flautist (Louvre RF 1948 26). France - 1566

The Flautist by Jacob Bunel (Louvre RF 2001 14). 1591

 

Panpipes

Panpipes on Heraldic Art.  

 

Bone pan pipe (York Archeological Trust 7072). England - ca. 975-11th C.

Snuff Tray with Panpipe Player (Brooklyn Museum 2003.50.7). 600-1000

Panpipes (UBC Museum of Anthropology 2990/634). Peru - 1000-1476

Bottle with a Man Playing a Panpipe (Brooklyn Museum X487). Peru - 1470-1532

Male Figurine Holding Panpipes (Brooklyn Museum 86.224.87). Peru - before 1500


Whistles

Mariner's whistles on Heraldic Art.

 

Bone whistle (York Archeological Trust 7077). England

Anthropomorphic whistle (Brooklyn Museum 58.185). Mexico - 600-900

Whistle in the form of a seated figure (SLAM 255:1982). Mexico - ca. 600-900 

Whistle in the form of a bird (Brooklyn Museum 34.4165). 700-1000

Lead whistle (Viborg Museum 10137X0009). Denmark - ca. 1067

Jaguar whistle (Brooklyn Museum 34.2064). 1000-1550

Silver bird whistle (Brooklyn Museum 41.11). Peru - 1400-1530

John Frederick the Magnanimous by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Louvre INV 1184; MR 634). 1531

Design for two spoons and a dog whistle by Heinrich Aldegrever (National Gallery of Art 1948.2.1). Germany - 1539

 

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