Object Details
Collector
Mr. James Mooney
Donor Name
Bureau Of American Ethnology
Notes
Courting flute (Domba). Section of cedar painted red, split and hollowed, rejoined with pitch and tied with series of hide thongs. Roughly carved stop in shape of bird. 20.75" (53 cm). Records: The cracks are sealed with pine balsam. The six finger holes are burned through. Called a "love flute" and used for serenading. Illustrated in Ewers 1986: 165. (C, L). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
Record Last Modified
7 Jul 2021
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Kiowa
Accession Date
17 May 1892
Collection Date
C. 1891
Accession Number
025718
USNM Number
E152899-0
Object Type
Flute
Place
Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8342393