DCM 0755: Anonymous, North American Indian (Pawnee) Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Pawnee."
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute
Medium: Unidentified bone (DCM ledger: "Turkey or eagle"), with loop of skin with brown fur attached, likely meant to be a neck strap.; 19.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/12 holes. According to Betty Austin Hensley, the fingerholes may be only decorative [in that they cannot be operated].
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 14 Oct. 1927.

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.