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DCM 0683: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle Flute

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DCM 0683: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle Flute

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DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County."
Instrument type: Whistle Flute
Medium: Bone.; 11 mm.
Key Holes System: Appears to have a fipple aperture and 2 fingerholes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 18 Nov. 1926.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.

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1700 - 1900
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