Flute (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Omaha
label: Possible collector
content: De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
label: Previous owner
content: De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
label: Donor
content: De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of De Cost Smith (1864-1939, a Western painter) and possibly collected by him between 1884 and 1900; bequeathed to MAI by De Cost Smith.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Omaha Reservation; Thurston County; Nebraska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Omaha
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/1396
label: Barcode
content: 201396.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Flute (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, porcupine quills, sweetgrass
label: Techniques
content: Carved, quill-wrapped (flat)