Indian Flageolet (Love Or Courting Flute) "Domba"

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Object Details

Collector

Capt. Richard H. Pratt

Donor Name

Capt. Richard H. Pratt

Notes

Courting flute (Domba). Split section of cedar, hollowed and rejoined with pitch, tied with buckskin thongs, ends painted yellow with dark zigzag. Finely carved stop in geometric form. 19" (48 cm). Records: Illustrated in: USNM-AR 1896, 575, fig. 215; USNM-AR 1900, 442, pl. 4, fig. 2; Ewers 1986: 165. (C).

Recorded in the original accession file as: 1 Flute, Kiowa 1888, $1.65

Record Last Modified

11 Aug 2021

Specimen Count

Culture

Kiowa

Accession Date

28 Mar 1892

Accession Number

025516

USNM Number

E153584-0

Object Type

Flute

Place

United States, North America

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/303c9445e-7260-41ec-a04d-ca5b9cb2235e

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8343110