Object Details
- Collector
- Mr. James Mooney
- Donor Name
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
- Courting flute (Domba). Section of cedar painted red, split and hollowed, rejoined with pitch and tied with series of hide thongs. Roughly carved stop in shape of bird. 20.75" (53 cm). Records: The cracks are sealed with pine balsam. The six finger holes are burned through. Called a "love flute" and used for serenading. Illustrated in Ewers 1986: 165. (C, L). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
- Record Last Modified
- 7 Jul 2021
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Kiowa
- Accession Date
- 17 May 1892
- Collection Date
- C. 1891
- Accession Number
- 025718
- USNM Number
- E152899-0
- Object Type
- Flute
- Place
- Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8342393
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39980b9f7-9a79-42c4-9c90-bfe950298389
