DCM 0540: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)

See DCM 539. DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian."
Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)
Medium: Light wood, pine or spruce, stained clay red. Lead flue plate. The instrument is decorated with an orange and blue finely beaded sleeve.; 47.6 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/5 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 29 Dec. 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.