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Object Number 09-8-10/75037
Display Title Flageolet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden flute, carved bird head on end, brass mouthpiece and bird eyes.
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Brass
Dimensions Overall: 68 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm (26 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75037
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. W. Millar (1895-1909)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1909)

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