DCM 0319: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Vertical Whistle

DCM ledger: "Sioux Tribe."
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle
Medium: Bone, with rawhide and thread wrapping, plus 2 rawhide thongs decorated with colored red and green porcupine quill.; 19.75 cm.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 12 April 1923.

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.