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Image courtesy of Geoff Norman
Beltrami Bird-Head ~1823 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of Geoff Norman
Beltrami ~1823 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of The Peabody Museum
PBH 99-12-10/53006: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1826 "Hutter" Native American Flute
Smithsonian image enhanced by Clint Goss.
NMNH E73325: Pawnee ~1832 Native American Flute (George Catlin, collector)
Image by Clint Goss.
Màndeh-Pàhchu Mandan (Wį́ʔti Ų́tahąkt) ~1834 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Von Roenne Lakota (Lakȟóta) ~1839 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 22/6352: George Gunya Haida ~1840 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
MFA 1984.315: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~About 1850 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 10/4042: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1850 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 2/9790: George Gunya Haida ~1850 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 20/7189: Ojibwe ~1850 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #27: Taos 1850 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #28: Ute (Nuutsiu) 1850 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of Hawk Henries.
Potawatomi (Neshnabé) ~1850 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E1793: Mojave (Aha Makhav) ~1854 Open-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the Canadian History Museum.
CMH V-X-476: Plains ~1864 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E8429: Arikara ~1869 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 10/9295: Oglála ~1870 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 12/3128: Oglála ~1870 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
MFA 17.2227: Hopi (Hopituh Shi-nu-mu) ~Late 1800's Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of The Peabody Museum
PBH 76-20-10/9418: Paiute ~1875 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of The Peabody Museum
PBH 984-12-10/58268: Cheyenne 1875 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E23724: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1876 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 1 / 2634: ~1880 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 19 / 1194: Tlingit ~1880 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #33: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) 1880 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #35: Ute (Nuutsiu) 1880 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of Jeff and JoAnne Calavan.
Whirlwind Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1880 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E94005: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1882 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E72884: Muscogee (Mvskoke) ~1883 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of Robert Gatliff.
Payne #65: Papago (Tohono O'odham) ~1885 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E76825: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1886 Native American Flute
[Wilson 1898] page 575, excerpt
NMNH E153584: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1888 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 1282: Dakota (Ikčé Wičhášta) ~1888 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 402: Piegan Blackfeet (Piikáni) ~1888 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 517: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1888 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 535: Crow ~1888 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 598: Dakota (Ikčé Wičhášta) ~1888 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 599: Northern Arapaho (Nank'haanseine'nan) ~1888 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 600: Mandan (Wį́ʔti Ų́tahąkt) ~1888 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 601: ~1888 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Vernon 733: Crow ~1888 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E125582: Apache (N'De) ~1888 Flute
Cowan's auction image.
John Colhoff Lakota (Lakȟóta) ~1890 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 10/2919: Shawnee (Shaawanwaki) ~1890 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 2/7606: Shawnee (Shaawanwaki) ~1890 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of The Peabody Museum
PBH 09-8-10/75037: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1890 Native American Flute
Cowan's auction image.
Plains ~1890 Native American Flute
Cowan's auction image.
Plains ~1890 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E153065: Shoshone (Newe) ~1891 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH T / 22711: Haida ~1892 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
Yankton Lakota (Wičhíyena) ~1892 High C Minor Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E152899: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1892 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E167723: Shoshone (Newe) ~1893 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E165925: Cheyenne ~1893 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
FM 17101: Apache (N'De) ~1894 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 1 / 4640: Dakota (Ikčé Wičhášta) ~1895 Native American Flute
Photograph by Katherine Fogden. Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 14/3392: Piegan Blackfeet (Piikáni) ~1895 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E175632: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1896 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E175633: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1896 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E175634: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1896 Demonstration Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E175635: Caddo ~1896 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E200563: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1898 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E200587: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1898 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 1167: Shoshone (Newe) ~1900 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 1282: Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1900 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 1613: Maidu ~1900 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
MFA 1984.316: Hopi (Hopituh Shi-nu-mu) ~About 1900 Duct Flute
Cowan's auction image.
Northern Plains ~1900 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E204546: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1900 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 16 / 8714: Nlaka'pamux ~1901 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 16 / 8715: Nlaka'pamux ~1901 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
AMNH 50 / 2211: Meskwaki (Meshkwahkihaki) ~1901 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
FM 59267: Wichita ~1901 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
FM 63318: Papago (Tohono O'odham) ~1901 Rim-blown Flute
Image by David Dicks
FM 63538: Papago (Tohono O'odham) ~1901 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of Bill Bezemek, February 26, 2018
FM 68793: White Mountain Apache ~1901 Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E211003: Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1901 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 3030: Oglála ~1902 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 4034: Maidu ~1903 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 4145: Atsugewi ~1903 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 4200: Kumeyaay ~1903 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 4201: Kumeyaay ~1903 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 4692: Ojibwe ~1903 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
AMNH 50 / 4826: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1903 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
FM 84399: Ojibwe ~1903 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
MFA 17.2230: Andrew John, Jr. Seneca (Onöndowága) 1903 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 5385: Piegan Blackfeet (Piikáni) ~1904 Bird Call
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 5449G: Piegan Blackfeet (Piikáni) ~1904 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 5511: Cheyenne ~1904 Bird Call
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 5805: Yuchi (Coyaha) ~1905 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 10/2920: Quapaw (Ugahxpa) ~1905 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 6273: Seneca (Onöndowága) ~1906 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 6527: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) ~1907 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 6528: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) ~1907 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
FM 34893: Sac and Fox (Thakiwaki) ~1907 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
FM 34894: Sac and Fox (Thakiwaki) ~1907 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E248724: Seneca (Onöndowága) ~1908 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 7240: Onondaga (Onöñda’gega’) ~1909 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 7794: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1909 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 8295: Mescalero Apache (Shis-Inday) ~1909 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 8422: Jicarilla Apache (Jicarilla) ~1909 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 7897: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 8014: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 8717: San Carlos Apache ~1910 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 8904: San Carlos Apache ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 9731: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1910 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50 / 9764: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 1351: Arapaho (Hinono'eino) ~1910 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 1376: Arapaho (Hinono'eino) ~1910 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 1550: Mohawk (Kanien'kehá:ka) ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 1772: Onondaga (Onöñda’gega’) ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 2117: Pima (Akimel O'odham) ~1910 Open-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 2196: ~1910 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 2458: Taos ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 2459: Taos ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 2460: Taos ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 2461: Taos ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 2815: Ohkay Owingeh ~1910 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 518: Oglála ~1910 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 60 / 6684: Qaernermiut ~1910 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 4673: Papago (Tohono O'odham) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 4674: Papago (Tohono O'odham) ~1911 Open-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 4764: Pima (Akimel O'odham) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5059: Cochiti Pueblo ~1911 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5109: San Felipe Pueblo ~1911 Open-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5110: San Felipe Pueblo ~1911 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5855C: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5855D: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5856P: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5856Q: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5856R: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5857BC: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1911 Wrapped-Block Whistle Set [2 items]
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 5857M: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1911 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 6338: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1911 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 6368A: Wichita ~1911 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 6368B: Wichita ~1911 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 6396: Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) ~1911 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Canadian History Museum.
CMH III-I-74: Tuscarora (Skarū'ren') ~1911 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Canadian History Museum.
CMH III-I-75: Cayuga (Gayogohó:no’) ~1911 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Canadian History Museum.
CMH III-I-76: Cayuga (Gayogohó:no’) ~1911 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E270086: Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) ~1911 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
AMNH 50.1 / 6998: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw) ~1912 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Canadian History Museum.
CMH III-I-449: Jack Spicer Cayuga (Gayogohó:no’) ~1912 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Canadian History Museum.
CMH III-I-450: Daylight Davis Cayuga (Gayogohó:no’) ~1912 Native American Flute
Cowan's auction image.
Northern Plains ~1912 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Canadian History Museum.
CMH III-H-240: Smith Nichols Wyandot (Wendat) ~1912 Native American Flute
Image by Clint Goss.
AMNH 50.1 / 7179: Potawatomi (Neshnabé) ~1913 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 7316: Oglála ~1913 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E278117: Ojibwe ~1913 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 8058D: Iowa (Báxoǰe) ~1914 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E286077: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1914 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 8337: Quechan (Kwtsaan) ~1915 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 8338: Quechan (Kwtsaan) ~1915 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 8339: Quechan (Kwtsaan) ~1915 Open-Block Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 9200: Zuni (A:shiwi) ~1915 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 9201: Zuni (A:shiwi) ~1915 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 9202: Zuni (A:shiwi) ~1915 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 9203: Zuni (A:shiwi) ~1915 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.1 / 9204: Zuni (A:shiwi) ~1915 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E287227: Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1915 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E270829: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1916 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E303496: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1918 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 1735: Ojibwe ~1920 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 1742: Ojibwe ~1920 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 1827: Pawnee ~1920 Duct Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 1828: Pawnee ~1920 Duct Whistle
Image by Peter Phippen.
Richard Fool Bull ~1920 Mid-range G Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E312892: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1920 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E315168: Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1920 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 150: Cheyenne ~1920 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E315562: Brulé (Sičháŋǧu Oyáte) ~1920 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 162: ~1921 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 163: ~1921 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 164: ~1921 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 202: Haida ~1921 Duct Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 203: Haida ~1921 Dual-Chamber Duct Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 205: Henry Johnson Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1921 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 235: Apache (N'De) ~1922 Duct Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 237: ~1922 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 238: Pilager ~1922 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 241: ~1922 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 242: John Spear Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1922 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 243: John Spear Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1922 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 244: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1922 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 273: Ojibwe ~1922 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 294: ~1922 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 319: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1923 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 345: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1923 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 2568: Plains ~1924 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 2674G: Sauk (oθaakiiwaki) ~1924 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 2674H: Sauk (oθaakiiwaki) ~1924 wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #12: Omaha ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #22: Acoma (Haak'umeh) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #32: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 480: Red Fox Quapaw (Ugahxpa) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 494: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 526: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 527: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 529: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 530: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 532: Potawatomi (Neshnabé) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 534: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 536a: Crow ~1925 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 536b: Crow ~1925 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 537: Ojibwe ~1925 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 538: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 539: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 540: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 541: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 542: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 543: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 544: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 545: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 546: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1925 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 548: Pueblo ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 549: Omaha ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 550: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 551: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 564: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 566: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1926 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 574: Haida ~1926 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 575: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 576: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 577: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 585: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 674: ~1926 Side-held Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 687: Arapaho (Hinono'eino) ~1926 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 751: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1927 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 752: Sac and Fox (Thakiwaki) ~1927 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 753: ~1927 Bird Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 754: ~1927 Bird Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 755: Pawnee ~1927 Bird Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 758: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1927 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 759: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1927 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 774: Blackfoot (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ) ~1928 Bird Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 775: Yurok (Olekwo'l) ~1928 Bird Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 777: Southern Arapaho (Náwunena) ~1928 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 788: Northern Cheyenne ~1928 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 790: Shoshone (Newe) ~1928 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 791: Mandan (Wį́ʔti Ų́tahąkt) ~1928 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 811: John Spear Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1928 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 838: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 840: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1929 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 842: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 845: Potawatomi (Neshnabé) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 847: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 848: Blackfoot (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 858: Ojibwe ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 876: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 886: Jicarilla Apache (Jicarilla) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 897: Winnebago (Ho-Chąąnk) ~1929 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 3107: Omaha ~1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 5959: Omaha ~1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #16: Seneca (Onöndowága) ~1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #25: Dan Red Buffalo Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) 1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #2: Belo Cozad Kiowa (Ka'igwu) 1930 Native American Flute
Image from [Payne 1999], inside front cover
Payne #37: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) 1930 "Hunter" Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 913: Southern Ute (Nunt'zi) ~1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 935: Jicarilla Apache (Jicarilla) ~1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E345984: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 940: Little Osage ~1930 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E351015: Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1930 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E360240: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1931 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E360242: Wichita ~1931 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E360243: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1931 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E360246: Nez Perce (Nimíipuu) ~1931 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E360248: Caddo ~1931 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E360710: ~1931 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E362062: Delaware (Lenni-Lenape) ~1931 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 1151: Ojibwe ~1932 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 1157: ~1932 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 1184: Quapaw (Ugahxpa) ~1933 Native American Whistle
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 3647: Paiute ~1934 Rim-blown Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 3694: Salish ~1934 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of The Peabody Museum
PBH 973-5-10/51928: Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1934 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 1228: ~1934 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 3854: Ktunaxa ~1935 Wrapped-Block Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #1: Belo Cozad Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1935 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #34: Pawnee ~1935 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #6: Acee Blue Eagle Muscogee (Mvskoke) 1935 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 1252: Frank Logan Yuki ~1935 Rim-blown Flute
Cowan's auction image.
Hopi (Hopituh Shi-nu-mu) ~1938 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
DCM 1383: Haida ~1939 Duct Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 4470: Hunkpapa (Húŋkpapȟa) ~1940 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 4476: Seneca (Onöndowága) ~1940 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 4513: ~1940 Wrapped-Block Whistle
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #48: ~1940 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E380924: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) ~1940 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #4: Max Silverhorn Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1942 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #18: Abel Big Bow Kiowa (Ka'igwu) 1945 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #24: Adam Trujillo Taos ~1945 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #3: Dick West Southern Cheyenne 1945 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #40: Tarahumara (Rarámuri) ~1945 Duct Flute Collection [25 items]
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #46: Seneca (Onöndowága) ~1945 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #51: Plains ~1945 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #5: Bruce Haumpa Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1945 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #60: O. W. Jones Plains ~1945 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
AMNH 50.2 / 5091: Plains ~1946 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E385877: Kiowa (Ka'igwu) ~1947 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
NMNH E385932: Cheyenne ~1947 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #13: Quapaw (Ugahxpa) ~1950 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #19: Bert Yellow Eyes Cheyenne 1950 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #50: Richard Fool Bull Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1950 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #61: Richard Fool Bull Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1950 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 25/8274: Taos ~1952 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #23: Delaware (Lenni-Lenape) ~1955 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #45: Ira Cuthair Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1955 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #47: Ira Cuthair Ute (Nuutsiu) ~1955 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #54: Richard Fool Bull Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1955 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #56: Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ) ~1955 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #57: Adam Trujillo Taos ~1955 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #63: Adam Trujillo Taos ~1955 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #10: John Ballard Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ) 1960 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #14: Doc Tate Nevaquaya Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) ~1960 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #17: Hugh Little Owl Crow ~1960 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #49: ~1960 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #20: Caddo ~1965 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #36: Richard Fool Bull Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) 1965 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #52: Plains ~1965 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #53: Billy Mike Plains ~1965 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #55: Richard Payne Plains ~1965 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #62: ~1965 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #7: Vernon McNeal 1965 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 26/1077: Thomas Dorsey Delaware (Lenni-Lenape) ~1967 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI 26/1078: Delaware (Lenni-Lenape) ~1967 Native American Flute
Image from [Payne 1999], inside back cover
Payne #67: 1974 "Rain" Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #30: Ira Cuthair Ute (Nuutsiu) 1975 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #59: Pima (Akimel O'odham) ~1975 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #64: Plains ~1975 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #8: Lester Goslin Kickapoo 1975 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #21: Oren Box Blackfoot (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ) ~1977 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #38: Blackcrow Sioux (Dakhóta / Lakȟóta) ~1977 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of The Peabody Museum
PBH 2004.24.27875: Mandan (Wį́ʔti Ų́tahąkt) 1977 Native American Flute
Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com
Payne #11: Edward Wapp Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) 1980 Native American Flute

 
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