DCM 0454: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flutes

According to DCM ledger, he understood these to be Nose Flutes, to be played together in unison, one in each nostril, and he therefore suspected that only the upper 4 of 5 lateral holes would be covered. However, each may be a mouth-blown vertical flute, utilizing both hands and all 5 fingerholes. See DCM 455.
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flutes
Medium: Sheesum wood, stained red, copper bottom ferrule.; 43.9 cm., 44.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/5 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: J. S. Lovejoy, Calcutta, India, 28 Jan. 1925.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.