Images from The Graese Gallery Courting Flute, Pueblo Nation, New Mexico, late 19th century Click on images below to see larger images NMM 872.  Courting flute, Pueblo Nation, New Mexico, late 19th century. End-blown, external duct flute with serpent effigy. Branch split, hollowed and assembled using twine wrappings, resin fills gaps. Two metal chamfers, one copper and one lead, held in place by stylized serpent saddle, allowing limited amount of air to pass from upper to lower air holes. Hand-carved wooden serpent, painted green, wraps six-and-a-half times around length of flute shaft; finger holes carved in between coils of serpent. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Snake Carving on Saddle and Shaft Mouthpiece   Click arrow to continue Graese Gallery Tour Go to Graese Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Go to Checklist of Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007 Most recent update:   February 28, 2007 You are the 3,375th visitor to this page since February 23, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page