Smithsonian Collections
Indian Flageolet (Love Or Courting Flute) "Domba"
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Specimen Count
- 1
- 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).
- Record Last Modified
- 6 Mar 2017
- Donor Name
- Capt. Richard H. Pratt
- Collector
- Capt. Richard H. Pratt
- Accession Date
- 1892-Mar-28
- Object Type
- Flute
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- Anthropology
- Accession Number
- 025516
- USNM Number
- E153584-0
- Culture
- Kiowa
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Place
- Not Given
