recorder or flute
recorder or flute
recorder or flute
Wood carved recorder or flute, made by Abraham Buck, an Onondaga from Six Nations on the Grand River either in or before 1898. From the Toronto Normal School collection.
From the Normal School Collection Catalogue: "Presented by Joshua Buck Apr. 20, 1898, made by Abraham Buck, an Onondaga on the grad River Reserve. He is said to be the last man who can make such an instrument. Buck is a brother of the late John Buck. "Ska-na-wa-ti", Fire Keeper of the Six Nations"
From the Normal School Collection Catalogue: "Presented by Joshua Buck Apr. 20, 1898, made by Abraham Buck, an Onondaga on the grad River Reserve. He is said to be the last man who can make such an instrument. Buck is a brother of the late John Buck. "Ska-na-wa-ti", Fire Keeper of the Six Nations"
Normal School Collection catalogue
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Wood, metal and string.
Very light, made of wood with carved wooden mouthpiece but no hole, metal plate just below, wrapped in 9 places with string.
From the Normal School Collection Catalogue: "Presented by Joshua Buck Apr. 20, 1898, made by Abraham Buck, an Onondaga on the grad River Reserve. He is said to be the last man who can make such an instrument. Buck is a brother of the late John Buck. "Ska-na-wa-ti", Fire Keeper of the Six Nations"
Provenance
From the Normal School Collection Catalogue: "Presented by Joshua Buck Apr. 20, 1898, made by Abraham Buck, an Onondaga on the grad River Reserve. He is said to be the last man who can make such an instrument. Buck is a brother of the late John Buck. "Ska-na-wa-ti", Fire Keeper of the Six Nations"
About This GRASAC Record
Abraham Buck, recorder or flute. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS17101. Item described as part of a GRASAC research trip October 2014; GRASAC item id 27339.
From Six Nations, according to catalogue.