DCM 0548: Anonymous, North American Indian (Pueblo) Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)

DCM ledger: "Pueblo Indian."
Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)
Medium: Unidentified soft wood, stained yellow, now darkened.; 38.8 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/4 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: The 2 halves are unglued and any mouthpipe this instrument may have had is now missing. Also missing one feather (noted by DCM).
Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 4 Jan. 1926.

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.