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Summary
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Potawatomi."
Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)
Medium: Tube apparently made of a segment of gun barrel, quite old, having a hammer weld seam. Stained wood flue cover, lead flue plate.; 46.65 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Additional: Stamped: I / W / .
Provenance: Albert G. Heath, Chicago, 15 Apr. 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.