Object name: Whistles / Object class: Sound devices (equipment) / Collector: Philip Mills Jones - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Whistles, accession number 1-12a,b, described as Whistles; each composed of two hollow wooden tubes bound together with cotton string. Each tube has a single hole with pitch partially closing the air way under each hole. The ends of each tube are closed with pitch. Probably made with elderberry, with pith removed. Notched cut with steel knife and tied together with cotton.