Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musician
A Shame Flute ('Schand Flote') - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute'! The un-talented culprits would have their neck and fingers locked in this humiliating device while publicly ridiculed by their critics
Picture No
11005355
Media ID
45636339
Size
3473px x 5422px
(5.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration by Ad. J Nister, reproduced on a postcard
Date
circa 1908
