Turtle Mound Flutes makes wooden, end-blown flutes in the Native American style. That is, they consist of two chambers. Air is blown into the "slow air chamber." It then passes through a "flue" (small passageway) that is located under the external attached "fetish" (also known as the bird, block, totem, and by other names) and hits the cutting edge of the "true sound hole," resonating in the long sound chamber. As we cut the "flue" between the two chambers into the top of the body of the flute, our flutes are generally considered in the woodlands style.

On this page you will find photos and descriptions of Native American Style Flutes that we currently have for sale. We also do custom work if there is a wood/key/theme that you would like. (Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for creation of custom flutes.) See the "more flutes" page for additional examples of our Native American Style Flutes.

Flutes Currently For Sale

Images and more detailed descriptions of these flutes are provided below. Scroll down or click on the flute name in the list above.

	(Waya)
(Cherokee for "Wolf")

This beautiful flute with the Waya (wolf) theme is tuned to the A minor pentatonic scale. The flute body is made from bi-colored aromatic eastern red cedar, with the lighter "blond" coloring on top where it offers nice contrast to the pyrographic (wood-burned) art. The more common red color dominates the lower side of the flute, partly visible in the full view photo above Near the mouthpiece is a turquoise inlay of the wolf paw print. The fetish is a prowling timber wolf carved from mesquite. A detailed wolf's head is burned into the flute body just below the nest area, and the image of a standing, howling wolf is burned just above the direction holes. The lace holding the fetish to the flute is cut from dyed deerskin. [Click here to hear a sound-clip of this flute.]  (January 2012) - $240.00.

	(Wahuhi)
(Cherokee for "Owl")

This Wahuhi ("owl") themed flute is made of beautifully grained black walnut. It is tuned to the A minor pentatonic scale. This flute's fetish is a great horned owl carved from South American canary wood. The image of a great horned owl taking to flight from a branch is burned into the flute body just below the nest. Another great horned owl, perched atop a tree stump, is burned into the flute near its foot.  The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from gray-dyed deerskin.  (January 2012) - SOLD.

	(Tluhdatsi)
(Cherokee for "Panther")

This beautiful South American black mesquite flute is tuned to the A minor pentatonic scale. Black mesquite is a very dense wood, giving this flute a slightly heavier feel. This flute was inspired by the endangered Florida panther, the smaller cousin of the cougar and puma. This flute's fetish is a prowling panther also carved from mesquite. The image of a panther's head is burned into the flute body just below the nest and a prowling panther is burned between the direction holes and first playing hole. An inlay of a crushed turquoise paw print also appears just below the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. [Click here to hear a sound-clip of this flute.]  (January 2012)  - $255.00.

	(Yansa)
(Cherokee for "Buffalo")

This spalted hackberry flute is tuned to the "standard" A minor pentatonic scale. There was once a species of bison (buffalo) that roamed the Great Smoky Mountains and this flute remembers them. Unlike the plains tribes who hunted buffalo with bow and arrow from horseback, the Cherokee herded buffalos off cliffs and collected them from the valley below. This flute's fetish is a buffalo carved from black walnut. Just below the nest is a scene depicting a pair of buffalos, one standing and one reclining. The image of a standing buffalo is also burned into the flute body near the foot. A buffalo skull is inlayed with crushed malachite near the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from dyed deerskin. [Click here to hear a sound-clip of this flute.]  (January 2012) - $240.00.

	(Awohali)
(Cherokee for "Eagle")

This beautiful spalted hackberry flute is tuned to the "standard" A minor pentatonic scale. The eagle is a revered bird among many Native peoples, including the Cherokee. The fetish is a bald eagle head, carved from silver maple. A bald eagle head is burned into the body of this flute just below the nest area. The photo above only suggests the detail of this bird's feathers. Another bald eagle in flight is burned, with white-painted highlights, at the foot. The silhouette of yet another eagle in flight over a mountain range is burned just below the mouthpiece, with a rising full moon inlayed in crushed topaz.  The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin.  (January 2012) - SOLD.

	(Yona)
(Cherokee for "Bear")

This beautiful spalted hackberry flute is tuned to the A minor pentatonic scale and sports the very popular Yona (bear) theme. The fetish is a standing black bear carved from black walnut. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from tanned deerskin. The image of two bears clinging to a tree is burned into the body of this flute just below the nest area. A bear sitting in a meadow is found near the flute's foot. A bear's paw inlayed in crushed turquoise is placed near the mouthpiece.  (July 2011) - SOLD.

	(Awohali)
(Cherokee for "Eagle")

This beautiful Indian rosewood flute is tuned to the A minor pentatonic scale. Notice the beautiful grain in this piece of exotic wood. The eagle is a revered bird among many Native peoples, including the Cherokee. The fetish is a bald eagle head, carved from white oak. A bald eagle head is burned into the body of this flute just below the nest area. The photo above only suggests the detail of this bird's feathers. Another bald eagle in flight is burned, with white-painted highlights, at the foot. The silhouette of yet another eagle in flight over a mountain range is burned just below the mouthpiece, with a rising full moon inlayed in crushed abalone shell.  The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (April 2011) - SOLD.

	(Totsuwa)
(Cherokee for "Redbird" or "Cardinal")

This beautiful black walnut flute is tuned to the A-minor pentatonic scale. The Cherokee consider birds to be messengers, and the redbird (cardinal) is respected for its beauty. This flute's fetish is a cardinal carved from bloodwood, selected for its natural red color and resistance to fading with prolonged exposure to UV light, such as sunling. An image of the cardinal is burned and painted into the flute body just below the nest and a scene with a pair of cardinals, male and female, is found just above the direction holes at the foot. A cardinal in flight is positioned near the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from gray-dyed deerskin. (April 2011) - $240.00.

	(Waya)
(Cherokee for "Wolf")

This beautiful flute with the Waya (wolf) theme is tuned to the A minor pentatonic scale. The flute body is made from highly grained exotic South American cocobolo. Cocobolo is usually very dark, sometimes with lighter areas, so this piece is extremely unusual (the first like it I've seen). This is a fairly dense wood, giving this flute a little heavier feel than most domestic woods for a flute this size. Near the mouthpiece is a turquoise inlay of the wolf paw print. The fetish is a prowling timber wolf carved from Argentinean honey mesquite. This fetish is carved with a full "chimney" protecting the sound hole from side drafts, making this flute easier to play outdoors when there is a breeze. A howling wolf's head is burned and painted into the flute body just below the nest area, and the image of a reclining wolf is burned just above the direction holes. The lace holding the fetish to the flute is cut from black-dyed deerskin..  (April 2011) - SOLD.

	(Nuhnohi Udeti)
(Cherokee for "Roadrunner")

This flute is made from spalted hackberry with the pentatonic minor A scale. The carved running roadrunner fetish is carved from South American tulipwood, a wood I like using for its beautiful grain (see bottom image above). Roadrunner images are burned into the body in three places. The scene near the foot of the flute wraps completely around the flute and includes painted saguaro cacti. The lace holding the fetish to the flute's nest is cut from dyed deerskin. (April 2009) - SOLD.

	(Yona)
(Cherokee for "Bear")

This flute, tuned to the G minor pentatonic scale, is Alaskan yellow cedar with chevron-shaped accent rings and endcap of South American cocobolo. The theme is the very popular Yona (bear). The fetish is a new design for our flutes and features a walking grizzly bear carved from mesquite. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from tanned deerskin. A scene with a bear sitting in a meadow is burned just below the nest area. The image of a bear cub, investigating a butterfly that has landed on a rock, is found near the lower accent ring. A bear's paw inlayed in crushed turquoise is located on the endcap near the foot.  (September 2011) - SOLD.

	(Yansa)
(Cherokee for "Buffalo")

This spalted hackberry flute is tuned to the "standard" G minor pentatonic scale. There was once a species of bison (buffalo) that roamed the Great Smoky Mountains and this flute remembers them. Unlike the plains tribes who hunted the buffalo with bow and arrow from horseback, the Cherokee herded buffalos off cliffs and collected them from the valley below. This flute's fetish is a buffalo carved from mesquite. Just below the nest an image of a standing buffalo is burned into the flute body. A scene depicting a pair of buffalos, one standing and one reclining, is burned into the flute body near the foot. A standing buffalo in silhouette is inlayed with crushed turquoise near the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from dyed deerskin.  (September 2011) - SOLD.

	(Awohali)
(Cherokee for "Eagle")

This beautiful cherry flute is tuned to the F# minor pentatonic scale. The eagle is a revered bird among many Native peoples, including the Cherokee. The fetish is a bald eagle head, carved from white oak. A bald eagle head is burned into the body of this flute just below the nest area. The photo above only suggests the detail of this bird's feathers. Another bald eagle in flight is burned, with white-painted highlights, at the foot. The silhouette of yet another eagle in flight over a mountain range is burned just below the mouthpiece, with a rising full moon inlayed in crushed abalone shell.  The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin.  (September 2011) - SOLD.

	(Wahuhi)
(Cherokee for "Owl")

This Wahuhi ("owl") themed flute is made of beautifully grained black walnut. It is tuned to the F# minor pentatonic scale. This flute's fetish is a great horned owl carved from South American canary wood. The image of a barn owl, descending in attach attitude, talons extended, is burned into the flute body just below the nest. Another great horned owl, perched atop a tree stump, is burned into the flute near its foot.  A third owl, another barn owl, is burned in just below the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from dyed deerskin.  (September 2011) - SOLD.

	(Dalala)
(Cherokee for "Woodpecker")

This beautiful aromatic eastern red cedar flute is tuned to the Fm pentatonic scale. The grain on this flute is particularly colorful for red cedar and gives it personality. The photos do a good job of showing this color. The fetish consists of a pileated woodpecker at work on a log, carved from South American cocobolo. Images of pileated woodpeckers are also burned into the flute body just below the nest area and in flight between the direction holes and the first finger hole (near the foot). The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (August 2011) - SOLD.

	(Kuhtli)
(Cherokee for "Raccoon")

This beautiful spalted hackberry flute is tuned to the F minor pentatonic scale. The fetish, depicting a raccoon emerging from a hollow stump, is carved from silver maple. Images of raccoons are also burned into this flute at the mouthpiece, below the nest area, and above the direction holes near the foot. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (August 2011) - SOLD.

	(Walela)
(Cherokee for "Hummingbird")

This sassafras flute is tuned to the E minor pentatonic scale. The flying hummingbird fetish is carved from South American cocobolo. This fetish is carved with a full "chimney" protecting the sound hole from side drafts, making this flute easier to play outdoors when there is a breeze. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are also burned & painted into the body of this flute below the nest area and in the area between the direction holes and the bottom playing hole. A small feeding bird is also burned in just below the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (April 2011) - SOLD.

	(Daksi)
(Cherokee for "Turtle")

This aromatic eastern red cedar flute is tuned to the E minor pentatonic scale. The sea turtle fetish is carved from South American cocobolo and is inlayed with crushed turquoise depicting the plates of the shell. Sea turtle images are burned and painted into the body of this flute just below the nest area and just above the direction holes near the foot. As these turtle images wrap around much of the flute, they are much clearer in real life than they appear in the photos above.  A sea turtle inlayed with crushed turquoise appears just below the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (April 2011) - SOLD.

	(Tluhdatsi)
(Cherokee for "Panther")

This beautiful black walnut flute is tuned to the E minor pentatonic scale. This flute was inspired by the endangered Florida panther, the smaller cousin of the cougar and puma. This flute's fetish is a prowling panther carved from Argentine honey mesquite and has a "chimney" to help block side breezes. The image of a panther's head is burned into the flute body just below the nest and a prowling panther is burned between the direction holes and first playing hole. An inlay of crushed fuscite paw print also appears just below the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (April 2011)  - SOLD.

	(Golanuh)
(Cherokee for "Raven")

This E minor pentatonic tuned flute with the Golanuh (raven) theme is made of spalted hackberry. The fetish is a stylized raven in flight carved from South American purpleheart. The scene burned & painted below the nest area consists of a raven with a rose and a second raven in flight just above. Below the lowest hole is a scene of a raven, sitting on a branch, looking down at a wolf looking back up and howling. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (April 2011) - $275.00.

	(Tawodi)
(Cherokee for "Hawk")

This black walnut flute is tuned to the E-flat minor pentatonic scale. The fetish is a red-tail hawk in majestic flight, carved from sassafras. A hawk's head is burned into the flute just below the true sound hole and a red-tail in flight is burned into the flute body between the direction holes and the lowest finger hole (near the foot). A small hawk in soaring flight beneath the moon (of crushed abalone inlay) is also burned in just below the mouthpiece. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. (August 2011) - SOLD.

	(Ahwi Equa)
(Cherokee for "Elk")

This Alaskan yellow cedar flute is tuned to the E-flat minor pentatonic scale. The Cherokee call the elk the Ahwi Equa (big or great deer) and the image of a majestic elk's head is burned into the flute body below the nest area. Near the foot of this flute is a full-body elk, apparently looking up to check out our presence. Near the mouthpiece are three accent rings, two of cocobolo and the center one of bloodwood.  The elk's head fetish, complete with full antlers, is carved from Oregon myrtlewood. The lace holding the fetish to the nest is cut from black-dyed deerskin. (August 2011) - SOLD.

	(Sogwili)
(Cherokee for "Horse")

This black walnut flute is tuned to the "middle" D minor pentatonic scale. The fetish is carved from South American cocobolo and sports a mane donated by my sister's horse Junior Bug. About this horse she says:

The deep red hair came from Junior Bug. He's a small compact quarter horse that has a nice smooth ride and a beautiful head. I use him pretty much for trail riding. He's generally level headed and quick on his feet. He's been hauled all around Central Texas for trail rides and goes any where you ask him too. His only real problem though is with water. It seems that once he gets into the water, if it's more than a couple of feet deep, he'll lay down in it. I guess on hot days, it must feel pretty good to him, but it's not too good for the leather saddle or the digital camera hanging off the side of the saddle! I've had Junior about 4 years now. He was only 3 or 4 when I got him, so he's still on the young side as far as the rest of the group.

Just below the nest is a burned & painted scene that wraps completely around the flute of four galloping horses on a "midnight romp" beneath a moon inlayed with crushed abalone shell. Near the foot is a rearing horse burned in silhouette before a burned & painted lightning bolt. One more image of a horse's head is burned at the top near the mouthpiece. The lace holding the horse head fetish to the nest is cut from deerskin. This is truly a beautiful flute with powerful energy from sogwili.  (March 2010) - SOLD.

More flutes are being added all of the time, so check back often!

Be sure to also check our "more flutes"  and "custom flutes" pages.

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