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DCM 0938: Anonymous, North American Indian (Kickapoo Tribe) Whistle
Summary
DCM ledger: "Kickapoo Tribe."
Instrument type: Whistle
Medium: Bamboo.; 35 cm.
Key Holes System: Square hole cut in tube, near middle.
Condition: Two cracks at flue. Flue cover missing, original design unknown.
Provenance: Albert G. Heath, Chicago, 7 May 1930.
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.
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Date
1930 - 1940
Source
Library of Congress
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