DCM 1211: Anonymous, South American Indian(?) Vertical Whistle Flute with Rattle

DCM ledger; "Indian Whistle-Rattle / South America?" [and] "There is a picture of an Indian playing just such a flute in my collection of Art work, 'Indian Chief, South America.'"
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute with Rattle
Medium: Wood, whittled, burned into shaped, stained and engraved. Several small balls enclosed for rattle.; 55.6 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/2 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: Source not known.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.