carved with the head of a crane and detailed with openwork and spiral carved bands; stylized bird saddle covers tone hole and is affixed using cotton cord embellished with brass beads; a hoop woven with hide mesh hangs from the open mouth of the crane by a twisted hide thong; flute body painted in blue, red, green, and purple, length 31.75 in. late 19th century Accompanying flute is a handwritten note: Flute / John R. Colhoff Pine Ridge, S.D./ This is a real Sioux Love Flute made by John Colhoff and used by him, he was very gifted player. The flute is made of cedar to give it a good tone./ Very fine and old / 1918. Census records show that John R. Colhoff was born between 1877-1880 and noted as living on Pine Ridge Reservation in 1890. Courting flutes with avian characteristics stem from the Siouan legend of a woodpecker teaching a hunter how to make a flute from the branch of a cedar tree. Once the hunter made the flute, he used it to captivate his lover. Flutes carved with long necks and open-beaked birds can be found within the collections of the American Museum of Natural History (Cat. No. 50.1/ 518); National Museum of the American Indian (Cat. No. 10/9295); and the National Music Museum, University of South Dakota (Cat. No. NMM 4050). Provenance: From the Collection of Marvin L. Lince, Oregon
carved with the head of a crane and detailed with openwork and spiral carved bands; stylized bird saddle covers tone hole and is affixed using cotton cord embellished with brass beads; a hoop woven with hide mesh hangs from the open mouth of the crane by a twisted hide thong; flute body painted in blue, red, green, and purple, length 31.75 in. late 19th century Accompanying flute is a handwritten note: Flute / John R. Colhoff Pine Ridge, S.D./ This is a real Sioux Love Flute made by John Colhoff and used by him, he was very gifted player. The flute is made of cedar to give it a good tone./ Very fine and old / 1918. Census records show that John R. Colhoff was born between 1877-1880 and noted as living on Pine Ridge Reservation in 1890. Courting flutes with avian characteristics stem from the Siouan legend of a woodpecker teaching a hunter how to make a flute from the branch of a cedar tree. Once the hunter made the flute, he used it to captivate his lover. Flutes carved with long necks and open-beaked birds can be found within the collections of the American Museum of Natural History (Cat. No. 50.1/ 518); National Museum of the American Indian (Cat. No. 10/9295); and the National Music Museum, University of South Dakota (Cat. No. NMM 4050). Provenance: From the Collection of Marvin L. Lince, Oregon
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