DCM 0576: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)

DCM ledger: "Sisseton Sioux Indian."
Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute)
Medium: Soft wood, spruce(?), brass mouthpipe, lead flue plate, red pipestone flue cover. Securing thong at flue cover with remains of at least 3 feathers.; 51.5 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/5 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 30 Mar. 1926. According to note accompanying instrument, it belonged to Benton Brave Hawk, Sisseton Sioux.

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.