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