Man's courting flute
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Ezra L. Guthrie (E. L. Guthrie), Non-Indian, 1854-1927
- Seller
- Ezra L. Guthrie (E. L. Guthrie), Non-Indian, 1854-1927
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ezra L. Guthrie (1854-1927, a taxidermist who lived in Indiana and Oakland, California); purchased by MAI from Ezra Guthrie in 1923.
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- Date created
- circa 1870
- Catalog Number
- 12/3128
- Barcode
- 123128.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Man's courting flute
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide thong/babiche, paint, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Carved, incised, painted
- Dimensions
- 80 x 3 x 4 cm
- Place
- Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Reservation; Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA
- See related items
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
- Music and Sound
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_132611
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d7058001-585e-4b64-834e-a307385553ae
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