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Indian Flageolet (Love Or Courting Flute) "Domba"

Object Details

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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
1
Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Collector
Capt. Richard H. Pratt
Donor Name
Capt. Richard H. Pratt
Accession Date
28 Mar 1892
Object Type
Flute

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