DCM 0765: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)
DCM ledger: "American Indian." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Clay.; 7.8 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 25 Jan. 1928. The Dayton C. Miller collection i... More
DCM 0863: Anonymous, Central American Indian Flute (Fragment)
DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian...from Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Flute (Fragment) Medium: Terracotta.; 7.65 cm. Key Holes System: Blow hole only remaining part of instrument. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: E... More
DCM 0753: Anonymous, North American Indian Courting Flute (Vertical Wh...
DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Bone.; 18.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/2 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkho... More
DCM 0897: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Winnebago." The seam on each side is sealed with a glued-on strip of linen. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Soft wood, stained clay red and decorat... More
DCM 0776: Anonymous, North American Indian (Yurok) Flute
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Yurok, California." In addition to what are obviously 3 fingerholes, there is located above, a lateral and indented hole which may be the embouchure if this were intended as a tran... More
DCM 0762: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle
Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Mineral, possibly volcanic substance.; 12.5 cm. Key Holes System: 0/1 hole. See Physical Description. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 11 Ja... More
DCM 0876: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux." Mouthpiece end is painted turquoise, and the large bird's head end is painted black or charcoal with 2 yellow dots for eyes, and decorative turquoise painted dots. Flue cover carved in the ... More
DCM 0577: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood, stained brown, with burned-in swastika and arrow designs. Carved greystone flue cover decorated with colored fe... More
DCM 0536a: Anonymous, North American Indian (Crow) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Crow Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 20.1 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 23 Dec. 1925. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of... More
DCM 0300: Anonymous, South American Indian Vertical Whistle Flute (Duc...
DCM ledger: "From the Amazon." Quoting from a letter from Harold Reeves, 29 Nov. 1922, DCM records further: "Sent to Dr. Southgate about 28 yrs ago (1894) by his son, at that time resident in Brazil." Instrumen... More
DCM 0793: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle
DCM ledger: "Lake Co., California." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 10.8 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Portion of end broken away. Provenance: Albert G. Heath, Chicago, 16 May 1928. The Dayton... More
DCM 0202: Anonymous, North American Indian (Haida) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Haida Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Wood, possibly cedar.; 31.9 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Seam open full length. The instrument has 3 areas of cleaner (lighter) wood, imply... More
DCM 1215: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Vertical Whistle Fl...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Sioux." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bone, decorated with thongs, thimble, and small bells.; 13.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/4 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condit... More
DCM 0712: Anonymous, South American Indian Kena (Notched Flute)
Instrument type: Kena (Notched Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 50.55 cm. Key Holes System: 1/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: William Schade, New York, 25 May 1927. According to DCM ledger: "This flute was ... More
DCM 0535: Anonymous, North American Indian (Chippewa) Courting Flute (...
DCM ledger: "Chippewa Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Tube of nickel-plated brass pipe, possibly plumbing stock, lead flue plate, wooden flue cover, tied with braided w... More
DCM 1111: Anonymous, South American Indian (Guayaquil) Vertical Whistl...
DCM ledger: "Indian, Ecuador, Guayaquil." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute (Pingullo) Medium: Bamboo.; 27.1 cm. Key Holes System: 1/2 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Scott E. Forbush, Pasadena... More
DCM 1157: Anonymous, North American Indian Courting Flute (Vertical Wh...
DCM ledger: "American Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Iron pipe, a portion of a gun barrel. Wrapped with leather thong.; 35.6 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Max... More
DCM 0790: Anonymous, North American Indian (Shoshone) Courting Flute (...
DCM ledger: "Shoshone." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Bamboo tube, lead flue plate, wood flue cover, leather thong.; 53.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No ma... More
DCM 1184: Anonymous, North American Indian (Quapaw) Vertical Whistle
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Quapaw Tribe." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Medium: Unidentified hard wood, formed into bird's head at lower end.; 59 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Albert G. Heath, ... More
DCM 0866: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)
DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 7.1 cm. Key Holes System: 1/1 holes. One fingerhole on the top, large terminating hole at far en... More
DCM 1108: Anonymous, South American Indian (Nasca) Vertical (Notched) ...
DCM ledger: "Indian, Nasca, Pisco, Peru." Instrument type: Vertical (Notched) Flute Medium: Terracotta.; 20.1 cm. Key Holes System: 1/6 holes Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Exterior elements chipped and mis... More
DCM 0752: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sac and Fox) Courting Flut...
DCM ledger: "Sac and Fox." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Body is from a steel pipe or tube, possibly a gun barrel, although it is slightly thin gauge metal for such purpose. W... More
DCM 0578: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle
DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 5.5 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 30 Mar. 1926. The Dayton C. Miller collection ... More
DCM 0549: Anonymous, North American Indian (Omaha) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Omaha Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified medium soft wood, stained green, bone mouthpiece, brass flue plate, wood flue cover, leather thong.; 6... More
DCM 0529: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Hard wood, painted or stained red, brown and yellow, brass mouthpipe, and with 5 feathers dyed various colors, attach... More
DCM 0543: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." See DCM 539. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Soft wood, likely pine, stained red inside and outside. Brass mouthpipe, possibly from a shell casing. ... More
DCM 1228: Anonymous, North American Indian Vertical Whistle Flute (Cou...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Yuman [Yuma], California." The cap mentioned by DCM may refer to a multi-layer brown paper ferrule affixed with ribbons that may have served as the original or temporary flue cover... More
DCM 0811: John Spear, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute...
The flue plate, if original, and the flue cover is the carved wood type sometimes referred to as the "saddle." DCM ledger: "Winnebago" [and] "Made by John Spear, about 97 years old. See No. 242, for new flute b... More
DCM 0494: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux?) Whistle (Transvers...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian Whistle." Instrument type: Whistle (Transverse) Medium: Cane(?), skin, leather thong.; 22.65 cm. Key Holes System: 1 lateral embouchure hole, deeply recessed. Mark Maximum: No mark. C... More
DCM 1167: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle
DCM ledger: "Indian, Lalima, Spanish Honduras, 1924." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Terracotta.; 12 cm. Key Holes System: 3 holes, 2 lateral and one on the bottom adjacent to a channel, possibly an airduct.... More
DCM 0564: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." DCM ledger records letter from N. E. Carter, dated 23 Jan. 1926: "Your remark that the Sioux flutes are so much alike...I explained in a previous letter...that the eight flutes...wer... More
DCM 1110: Anonymous, South American Indian (Guayaquil) Vertical Whistl...
DCM ledger: "Indian, Ecuador, Guayaquil." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute (Pingullo) Medium: Bamboo.; 29 cm. Key Holes System: 1/2 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Scott E. Forbush, Pasadena, ... More
DCM 0759: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Soft wood, pine or spruce. Animal eyes are brass upholstery tacks, mouth contains maroon feathers.; 85.7 cm. Key Holes Syst... More
DCM 1105: Anonymous, South American Indian (Hunncayo) Transverse Flute
DCM ledger: "Indian, Hunncayo, South America." Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Cane, painted.; 78.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Two groups of 3 fingerholes are widely spaced. Mark Maximum: No ma... More
DCM 0319: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Vertical Whistle
DCM ledger: "Sioux Tribe." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Medium: Bone, with rawhide and thread wrapping, plus 2 rawhide thongs decorated with colored red and green porcupine quill.; 19.75 cm. Mark Maximum:... More
DCM 0758: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux." Unusually long flue cover secured with 2 leather thongs, the upper of which also supports through the nostrils, an eagle or hawk beak, painted red, as well as a group of feathers dyed red. ... More
DCM 0751: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "Winnebago." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Redwood(?), lead flue plate, separate wood mouthpipe.; 61.6 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus 4 double vent holes. M... More
DCM 0550: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "Winnebago Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified hard wood, aluminum flue plate, wooden flue cover, upper end strengthened with steel ferrule.; 55.... More
DCM 1667: Anonymous, South American Indian, Amazon, Mexhryana Tribe Ar...
Instrument type: Artindia Funai (Notched Flute) Medium: Bone, with hole for cord and red feather attached at foot.; 13.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/3 holes plus cord hole. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Sourc... More
DCM 0864: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)
DCM ledger: Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Verz Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 8.4 cm. Key Holes System: 0/1 hole. Tail is mouthpiece, one fingerhole at front of body. Mark Max... More
DCM 0750: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle
DCM ledger: "American Indian from California." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 11.85 cm. Key Holes System: 0 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 23 Sept. 1927. ... More
DCM 0792: Anonymous, North American Indian (Moki) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Moki." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone, painted ochre with black wavy decorative line (snake image).; 20.85 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Albert G. Heath, Chicago, 16 May 1928. The... More
DCM 0683: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle Flute
DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Whistle Flute Medium: Bone.; 11 mm. Key Holes System: Appears to have a fipple aperture and 2 fingerholes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E.... More
DCM 0839: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Winnebago." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Cedar(?), stained dark brown, nickel silver flue plate, wood flue cover.; 55.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0... More
DCM 0687: Anonymous, North American Indian (Arapaho) Courting Flute (V...
DCM ledger: "Arapahoe Indian." The final 8.5 centimeters of the tube is finished rectangularly. Two of the 4 feathers are attached through 2 adjacent vent holes. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistl... More
DCM 0886: Anonymous, North American Indian (Jicarilla Apache) Courting...
DCM ledger: "Jicarilla Apache, near Santa Fe." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood, lightly stained red. Wood flue cover, lead flue plate. Leather thongs.; 41.6 cm. Key Holes ... More
DCM 0566: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 10.9 mm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 20 Jan. 1926. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library o... More
DCM 0545: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." See DCM 539. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Pine. Brass tube mouthpipe with leather and red, white, and blue-colored straw. Lead flue plate.; 70.9 ... More
DCM 0847: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Winnebago." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Tube, including integral mouthpiece, of unidentified wood. Lead bands, carved walnut flue cover, lead f... More
DCM 0235: Anonymous, North American Indian (Apache) Whistle
A unique piece of high relief folk carving depicting an unidentified reptile (possibly a horned toad) apparently climbing a tree trunk or branch. Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Unidentified hard wood, stained... More
DCM 0775: Anonymous, North American Indian (Yurok) Flute(?)
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Yurok, California." There are 3 roughly equally spaced holes made by cutting deep notches at each point, but neither end appears to facilitate the required sound-producing edge. If... More
DCM 0755: Anonymous, North American Indian (Pawnee) Vertical Whistle F...
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. Ke... More
DCM 0576: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
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 cov... More
DCM 0868: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)
DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 7.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/2 holes. Mouthpiece is tail, 2 eyes are fingerholes. Mark Maximum: N... More
DCM 0540: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
See DCM 539. DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Light wood, pine or spruce, stained clay red. Lead flue plate. The instrument is decorated with an oran... More
DCM 0551: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "Winnebago Indian." It appears that the tube was carved to receive the lead in a molten state, in that it also fills portions of the joints between the two tube halves. It was then apparently filed ... More
DCM 0241: Anonymous, North American Indian Courting Flute (Vertical Wh...
Decorated with indented dots, painted red. The end is carved with a geometric design. Lead flue plate and carved wooden cover in the form of unidentified animal. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistl... More
DCM 0840: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Whistle
Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bamboo, quill.; 41.9 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Flue cover quill partially broken and missing. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 30 Mar. 1929. The Dayto... More
DCM 0848: Anonymous, North American Indian (Black Foot) Courting Flute...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Black Foot." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified wood, leather thongs, lead flue plate. Flue cover of medium hard wood.; 61.3 cm. Key Hol... More
DCM 1107: Anonymous, South American Indian (Manabi) Whistle (Fragment)
DCM ledger: "Manabi, Ecuador." Instrument type: Whistle (Fragment) Medium: Black clay.; 7.2 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Scott E. Forbush, Pasadena, California, 5 Nov. 1931. The Dayton C. Miller col... More
DCM 0238: Anonymous, North American Indian (Pilager) Courting Flute (V...
The flue cover is, for this plain instrument, unusually ornate, carved, possibly to resemble a rattlesnake's rattle, integral mouthpipe. DCM ledger: "Pilager Tribe of Minnesota." Instrument type: Courting Flute... More
DCM 0774: Anonymous, North American Indian (Blackfoot) Whistle
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Blackfoot, Montana." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Wood, stained yellow and red.; 21 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Albert G. Heath, Chicago, 14 Apr. 1928. The Dayton ... More
DCM 0889: Anonymous, South American Indian Vertical Whistle Flute
DCM ledger: "Aymaras, La Paz, Bolivia." Top is rudimentary fipple and block. Foot, natural septum, punctured. Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo.; 47.2 cm. Key Holes System: 0/5 holes. Elli... More
DCM 0777: Anonymous, North American Indian (Southern Arapahoe) Courtin...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Southern Arapahoe, Oklahoma." Tube decorated with blue paint at end, plus red paint inside, and over the 3 cord bindings. Flue cover painted blue with black beak and red cone or he... More
DCM 0754: Anonymous, North American Indian Vertical Whistle Flute
DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bone.; 20.5 cm. Key Holes System: 0/3 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 30... More
DCM 0533: Anonymous, North American Indian Courting Flute (Vertical Wh...
The wooden flue cover is carved in the form of a horse's head. DCM attributes to Iroquois, Betty Austin Hensley attributes to Cheyenne or Winnebago. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medi... More
DCM 0237: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle
Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone, rattan winding, thong.; 16.4 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: George R. Moore, Jamesville, Wisconsin, 20 Feb. 1922. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library ... More
DCM 0243: John Spear, North American Indian (Winnebago) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Winnebago Tribe." [and] "Made of cane with a knot at sound hole. Thong holding paper for upper lip...used with Winnebago war bundles and in winterfeasts." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Cane, tho... More
DCM 0858: Anonymous, North American Indian (Chippewa) Courting Flute (...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Chippewa." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified soft wood, leather thong.; 40.6 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus 5 vent holes at botto... More
DCM 0575: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Assiniboine Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Light wood, likely pine, stained brown, lead flue plate, wood flue cover stained a darker brown. Rawhide ... More
DCM 0842: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Vertical Whistl...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Winnebago." The simple carved oak flue cover is attached with string, although very likely originally attached with leather thong. Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute (Courtin... More
DCM 0867: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)
DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 4.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/1 hole. 2 holes for carrying cord. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition:... More
DCM 0898: Anonymous, North American Indian (Ute) Courting Flute (Verti...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Ute." Tube, with integral mouthpipe. One of the rawhide wrappings also secures the flue cover. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified hard wo... More
DCM 0541: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." See DCM 539. Tied into the upper retaining thong is a large bird feather to which is attached a piece of yellow ribbon further ornamented with a small swatch of red ribbon. Instrumen... More
DCM 1393: Anonymous, South American Indian Bird Whistle (Transverse)
DCM ledger: "Amazon Jungle Indians, South America." One end closed by natural septum, the other end stopped with a "plug" of grass. Instrument type: Bird Whistle (Transverse) Medium: Bamboo.; 12.5 cm. Provenan... More
DCM 0205: Henry Johnson, North American Indian (Ute) Courting Flute (V...
The next-to-top lashing also secures the carved wood flue cover, which is also glued into position. The flue plate is tinned steel, glued and lashed into position just beneath the flue cover and indented into t... More
DCM 1109: Anonymous (See Notes.) Bone Pipe
Previously identified as a Kena (notched flute) possibly of llama bone, and of South American Indian (Nasca, Pisco, Peru) origin. However, although containing 4 neatly drilled fingerholes, the upper end is not ... More
DCM 0865: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute, Frag...
DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute, Fragment) Medium: Terracotta.; 5.8 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: About 75% of the body portion is missing, ap... More
DCM 0688: Anonymous, North American Indian (Chippewa) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Chippewa Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Unidentified bone.; 19.6 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 10 Dec. 1926. The Dayton C. Miller collection ... More
DCM 0273: Anonymous, North American Indian (Chippewa) Reed Pipe, Deer ...
DCM ledger quotes letter from Frances Densmore, 11 Sept. 1922: "On a recent trip to the Chippewa County I obtained one of the whistles used by the Chippewa in calling deer and am sending it to you today. It is ... More
DCM 0244: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Winnebago Tribe." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone (eagle wing?).; 20.1 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Oliver La Mere, Winnebago, Nebraska, 16 Mar. 1922. The Dayton C. Miller collect... More
DCM 0861: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)
DCM ledger: "Aztec Indian, Nahua." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 5.7 cm. Key Holes System: 0 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Parts (head and one limb) missing. Provenance... More
DCM 0773: Anonymous, North American Indian (Northern Cheyenne) Whistle...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Northern Cheyenne." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone, fipple near upper end. Sheathed with blue, red, and light green beaded fabric. Attached is a decorative bead-covered thon... More
America - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows a Native man, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing a feathered headdress, a waist-cloth and leggings, with a rifle strapped to his back, carrying a hatchet in his right hand and a fish in his ... More
DCM 0530: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Wood, quill flue cover, lashed with sinew (gut).; 57.7 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 15 Dec. 1925. The D... More
DCM 0681: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle
DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 7.7 mm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 16 Nov. 1926. The Dayton C. Miller collection ... More
DCM 0686: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle
DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 20.25 cm. Key Holes System: Bone open at each end with an elliptical side hole set into a recessed area. Mark Maximum: No ma... More
DCM 0345: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Whistle
DCM ledger: "Sioux Tribe." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 21.1 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 22 June 1923. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of... More
DCM 0843: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle(?)
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Sacramento Co., California." This instrument has a lateral, oval, recessed hole, which may have served any of 3 functions; the upper end is open and, although it fails, may have be... More
DCM 0203: Anonymous, North American Indian (Haida) Double Whistle
DCM ledger: "Haida Indian." Instrument type: Double Whistle Medium: Wood.; 32.3 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Harvey's Indian Curio Store, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 12 Nov. 1921. The Dayton C. Miller ... More
DCM 0788: Anonymous, North American Indian (Northern Cheyenne) Courtin...
DCM ledger: "Northern Cheyenne." The seam on each side is further secured with a strip of unidentified membrane. The tube is decorated with low relief carving integral ferrules in 3 places, and finished at the... More
Raquetes. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Snowshoes and Natives wearing snowshoes while hunting deer.
![["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3MDQvMDEvMDEvYnVpbGRpbmctb2YtdGhlLWdyaWZmaW4tY2FuYWRhLWNhLTE2OTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[\"Building of the Griffin,\" Canada, ca. 1690]")
["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]
Illus. in: Voyage curieux du R.P. Louis Hennepin / Louis Hennepin, 1704, oppos. p. 100.
D'Engelze volkplanting in Virginie - Public domain map
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Koning en Koningin van de Mississippi, 1720
Een gezin van drie Noord-Amerikaanse indianen, de koning en koningin van de Mississippi genoemd. Op de achtergrond kannibalisme, het roosteren op een vuur van menselijke ledematen. Gebruikt als verwijzing naar ... More
La Nouvelle France, ou La description de la Louisiane: Connuë sous le ...
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Goden van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Goden van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
Blad met twee voorstellingen van goden die de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia vereren. Boven: Het afgodsbeeld van Kiwasa. Onder: Het afgodsbeeld van de god van de wind. Onder de voorstellingen een onderschrif... More
Graftombe van de koningen van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
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