Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe, ca. 1750–57, Butzbach, Germany, German, Narwhal (narwhahl) tusk, ivory, gilt brass, Height: 42 5/16 in. (107.5 cm), Aerophone, Georg Henrich Scherer (German, Butzbach 1703–1778), This rare instrument, combining a transverse flute and an oboe in the form of a walking stick, is made of narwhal tusk, a precious material once valued higher than gold and believed to be from the horn of the mythological unicorn
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Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe, ca, 1750–57, Butzbach, Germany, German, Narwhal, narwhahl, tusk, ivory, gilt brass, Height, 42 5/16, 107.5 cm, Aerophone, Georg Henrich Scherer, 1703–1778, rare, instrument, combining, transverse flute, oboe, form, walking stick, narwhal tusk, precious material, valued higher, gold, believed, horn, mythological unicorn
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