Wooden flute with silver mounts by Thomas Glen, 12 North Bank Street, Edinburgh, c. 1840

Flute case of black lacquered wood, cylindrical with a lid attached by a cord, with design of grass stems in gold takamakie: Japan, 19th century

Bugaku fue or flute of lacquered cane bound with whalebone, with seven finger vents: Japan

Duct flute of wood: Tunisia, 20th century AD

Duct flute of wood: Tunisia, 20th century AD

Duct flute of wood incised with zigzag bands: Tunisia, 20th century

Duct flute of wood: Tunisia, 20th century AD

Duct flute of wood stained mottled brown and carved with foliage sprigs: Tunisia, 20th century

Notched flute of wood: China, Beijing, 20th century

Transverse flute of polished wood bound with rings of black thread, played in classical music: China, Beijing, 20th century

Bamboo flute with seven holes and a simple chequer pattern scratched on: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Bamboo flute with eight holes and no ornamentation: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Bamboo flute with eight holes and no ornamentation: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Flute carved in the style of a Maori flute (putorino) of brown wood carved in two longitudinal halves and bound at both ends with flax, upper part carved with a face (wheku) and protruding tongue, medial orifice carved as an open mouth of a second face made by antiques dealer James Edward Little: New Zealand, early 20th century

External duct flute of bamboo: Indonesian, Java, Djakarta, 20th century

Duct flute of decorated bamboo: Indonesian, Sumatra, Karo Batak, c. 1900