DCM 0889: Anonymous, South American Indian Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Aymaras, La Paz, Bolivia." Top is rudimentary fipple and block. Foot, natural septum, punctured.
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute
Medium: Bamboo.; 47.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/5 holes. Elliptical hole shape.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Bark portion over block broken and missing.
Provenance: Whalen's Curio Store, Los Angeles, 30 Aug. 1929.

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.