Flageolet

Museum number:
2-4881
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
66 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Covered with snakeskin; yellow-stained buckskin trim with blue and white beads and pendants of brown human hair; 2 medallions of red, white, and blue beads sewn to buckskin tied to instrument, also rectangular lead sheet with red-filled curved design; flageolet surmounted by carving of long-beaked bird with red, green, and black incised designs and gold and blue beaded collar. Carved wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flageolets
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Context of use:
Kiowa flute (flageolet). The people of the plains had only a few musical instruments. Flutes were used mainly by a lover when courting his sweetheart. By playing melodies that formed a previously agreed upon code, a young man could convey messages
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 49.2 centimeters and length 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4405. Exhibited: UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971. References: See 2-4882.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #79: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (March 18, 1965–August 6, 1965), S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977), and S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4881, described as Covered with snakeskin; yellow-stained buckskin trim with blue and white beads and pendants of brown human hair; 2 medallions of red, white, and blue beads sewn to buckskin tied to instrument, also rectangular lead sheet with red-filled curved design; flageolet surmounted by carving of long-beaked bird with red, green, and black incised designs and gold and blue beaded collar. Carved wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4881, described as Covered with snakeskin; yellow-stained buckskin trim with blue and white beads and pendants of brown human hair; 2 medallions of red, white, and blue beads sewn to buckskin tied to instrument, also rectangular lead sheet with red-filled curved design; flageolet surmounted by carving of long-beaked bird with red, green, and black incised designs and gold and blue beaded collar. Carved wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4881, described as Covered with snakeskin; yellow-stained buckskin trim with blue and white beads and pendants of brown human hair; 2 medallions of red, white, and blue beads sewn to buckskin tied to instrument, also rectangular lead sheet with red-filled curved design; flageolet surmounted by carving of long-beaked bird with red, green, and black incised designs and gold and blue beaded collar. Carved wood.

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