Looks like a whistle held sideways and blown straight into the round hole (which is therefore not a flute embouchure hole at all).
Yep, side-blown whistle. WhistleSmith of Maine make what they call a “side shooter” head for their whistles, along the same lines.
What a strange idea…
“A lifetime” ago i played a whistle very similar to this one, made in India, labeled with a reversed swastica (?!)
Don’t know what the point/purpose of having the blow hole on the side is.
I’m imagining a mixed fife and whistle band, where you want all the instruments to be side-blown to preserve the visual effect. Sheer speculation, of course.
FYI Actually Hitler reversed the Swastika, it originally came from India. It symbolized infinity of expansion, that is why Hitler reversed it…
In Indian culture the swastika could go either way, but more often in the same direction as the Nazis had it. Just google.
Think such things were made historically for folk who wanted to look like they were playing transverse flutes but couldn’t blow them!
whatever and whyever it is… isnt it just beautifull?
wondering how it sounds like
so it went away for US $50.00
was that a good price? for who? seller or buyer?
and has anyone an idea of how it may sound?
Probably a pretty good price for the seller, these days…
i thought it goes away for much more
its so beautifull, for 50 dollar i would have bought it, if i wouldnt had spent all my money last month already 
The same question could almost be asked of this…
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Save your hot air for blowing down your flute
Holmes Mooney & Wood play; The Laird Of McNabb - http://www.box.net/shared/5tx0jxtd7cbbgjfsjkp0 (Holmes McNaughton D Blackwood eight key).
http://youtu.be/zrNs33H7uxY Cuig Emag reel - How Sweet The Name of Peggy..
http://www.box.com/s/fvvfmefsrommgx7084zg B min Jig D 8 Key
Perhaps it is missing it’s piccolo head.
Ralph Sweet makes a makes a 3-key whistle that seems to be the only modern equivalent.
Well, as Jack Campin has noted, Mollenhauer is apparently making csakans again.
I should have said “that I know of”. Good to know the word “csakan” for future searches.