Whistle

Museum number:
1-216456
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Bird bone whistle, small, asphaltum (?) stop and plug.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
CA-SCl-1 (Ponce Mound), Mountain View, Santa Clara County
Culture or time period:
Middle Horizon: Castro facies (ca. 200 BC–100 AD)
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1898-1904
Materials:
Asphalt (bituminous material) and Bird bone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Whistles
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
One of pair (see 1-216455).
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Comment:
One of pair (see 1-216455). Middle culture period Alameda district, coastal and bay. Name: Edra Moore Central California Archaeology Type Phase: Castro facies
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-216456, described as Bird bone whistle, small, asphaltum (?) stop and plug.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-216456, described as Bird bone whistle, small, asphaltum (?) stop and plug.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-216456, described as Bird bone whistle, small, asphaltum (?) stop and plug.

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