Bird Effigy Flute
CultureLakota (Teton Sioux), North or South Dakota
Dateca. 1880
MediumWood (cedar), native pigment, graphite, native tanned leather, lead, brass tacks and tube, and dyed feathers
DimensionsOverall: 28 1/2 × 2 1/8 × 2 1/4 inches (72.39 × 5.4 × 5.72 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust (by exchange)
Object number2016.47
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DescriptionA wooden flute, essentially round with four fingering holes along the top, terminating at one end into a carved image of a bird's head with its mouth open.ProvenanceH. Malcolm Grimmer Antique American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM;
Purchased from H. Malcolm Grimmer Antique American Indian Art by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 2016.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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