Indian Flageolet (Love Or Courting Flute) "Domba"

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collector
Capt. Richard H. Pratt
Donor Name
Capt. Richard H. Pratt
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
Culture
Kiowa
Accession Date
28 Mar 1892
Accession Number
025516
USNM Number
E153584-0
Object Type
Flute
Place
United States, North America
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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8343110
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/303c9445e-7260-41ec-a04d-ca5b9cb2235e
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