Smithsonian Collections
Man's courting flute in the form of a bird
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Collection History
- Collected by John W. Alder (1844-1919), an Indian agent at Pine Ridge between 1879 and 1885; inherited by his son Eugene C. Alder (1876-1955); purchased by MAI from Eugene Alder in 1921.
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- Culture/People
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
- Collector
- John W. Alder, Non-Indian, 1844-1919
- Previous owner
- John W. Alder, Non-Indian, 1844-1919
- Eugene C. Alder (Eugene Charles Alder), Non-Indian, 1876-1955
- Seller
- Eugene C. Alder (Eugene Charles Alder), Non-Indian, 1876-1955
- Date created
- circa 1870
- Object Name
- Man's courting flute in the form of a bird
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 89.2 x 7 cm
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- See related items
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
- Music and Sound
- Catalog Number
- 10/9295
- Barcode
- 109295.000
- Place
- Pine Ridge Agency; Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Reservation; Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA
