Lot 127
  • 127

A Plains Wood Courting Flute

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

flageolot, composed of a straight section of branch, split lengthwise and joined, with five holes on one side, surmounted by a "stop, in the form of a horse," fastened with hide wrappings.

Catalogue Note

Please see Ewers, 1986, p. 162 for a discussion of the origin of the courting flute.