Fife

Fife

Public Domain

Fife
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fife
Datec. 1862
Made inUnited States
MediumUnidentified wood and brass
Dimensions15 × 3/4 in. diameter (38.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Langwith
Object numberB.2011.29
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Texas Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis fife belonged to John Sivil, Jr. Trained as a boot and shoemaker, Sivil enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and was commissioned as a fife major.
ProvenanceJohn Sivil, Jr. (1828–1904); inherited by his daughter Elizabeth Mary Clark (nee Sivil (1851–1940); given to great-nephew Edmund Langwith Jr. (1925–2012), Houston; given to MFAH, 2012.

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