Courting flute (siyotanka)

Medium

Red pipestone (catlinite), lead, Native-tanned leather

Dimensions

18 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (47.6 × 3.2 × 6 cm)

Classification

Aerophone-Blow Hole-end-blown flute (vertical)

Culture

Native American (Sioux)

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.3371

Rights

Public Domain