DCM 0550: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)

DCM ledger: "Winnebago Indian."
Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)
Medium: Unidentified hard wood, aluminum flue plate, wooden flue cover, upper end strengthened with steel ferrule.; 55.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus 4 vent holes at lower end.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
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.