DCM 0940: Anonymous, North American Indian (Utsehta or Little Osage) Whistle

DCM ledger: "Utsehta or Little Osage."
Instrument type: Whistle
Medium: Branch, 3 strips of braided grass tied to tube by four strips of thong.; 63.9 cm.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Red painted decoration now nearly invisible.
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.