Ancient Flute Pictures
of Interest
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Located in many archival repositories in museums around the world are
photographs of ancient flutes, players, shamans and lovers! This page is for
pure educational purposes. As you browse the pictures contained here
please take a moment to think back to a simpler time when the flute was a
more "main-stream" instrument used in everyday ritual as well as medicine;
not that they can truly be separated.indigenous medicine became
main-stream the various indigenous healing modality's became almost
extinct. It took awhile for the modern world to catch up but the very science
and religion that almost made the flute extinct are taking a new look at
alternative or "original healing modalities" as viable compatible healing
modalities when combined with modern western medicine. Open minded
modern doctors are excepting what the old wise healers already knew; "That
to heal the body you must treat it as a whole mind, body and spirit."
Dakota child musician / Charles A. Zimmerman,
photographer, Third Street, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Published 1882
SUMMARY
Seated indoor portrait of a Native American
Sioux girl wrapped in a plaid blanket and
playing a flute. Sadly the photographer had no
idea she would probably not be able to play this
instrument as it is to big for her and she may or
may not of been allowed.
Courtesy of the Western History/Genealogy
Department of the Denver Public Library
and the Library of Congress.
These Pictures are
only for
educational
purposes and
should not be used
for any other
reason and then
only with
permission.
Please respect the
owners rights as
you would have
done with yours.
This Haida Flute represents some of
the finest flute carvers work of all
peoples. Notice the frog and bird motif.
Few Modern carvers take their flutes
to this extreme but my "dream flutes" to
approach this degree of artistic results.
A young man plays his flute before a
dance
This Haida flute represents yet another
of the most beautiful of flutes carved
by the people of the Pacific West
Coast.
One the right is the front view. On the
left is the side view of the same flute.
This flute though incomplete could be
related to the Mi'maq peoples style of
flute. It is lacking a saddle or Bird
which exposes the block inside the
barrel although it could have been
played by resting a finger over the
block area; i doubt that is the case. It
also has an open blow pipe instead of
a nipple style air blow hole which is
also indicative of the North East
Atlantic coast peoples style of flutes
although the six holes begs another
question of origin. It appears to be
Native Tuned as well instead of the
more modern Pentatonic tunings seen
today.
