Whistle

Museum number:
1-2821
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002821
Alternate number:
795 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic. Sinew carrying handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Bird bone
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters
Comment:
References: Illustrated in Waterman, "Native Musical Instruments of California", Outwest, April 1908.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977), and S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2821, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic. Sinew carrying handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2821, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic. Sinew carrying handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2821, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic. Sinew carrying handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2821, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic. Sinew carrying handle.

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