Whistle

Museum number:
1-11942
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011942
Alternate number:
1104 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Single; eagle wing bone. Closed at one end with pitch; pitch inserted at air hole. Kit pimo = bone whistle; kut = bone; sa = eagle; aiam = buzzard.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Taxon:
Accipitridae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Musical instrument.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 14.6 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p.35: kit pimo = bone whistle kut = bone eagle = sa 'aiam = buzzard made of eagle wing bone" "See Barrett's field cat. in acc. envelope for fuller information." Photo: 15-4802.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-11942, described as Single; eagle wing bone. Closed at one end with pitch; pitch inserted at air hole. Kit pimo = bone whistle; kut = bone; sa = eagle; aiam = buzzard.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-11942, described as Single; eagle wing bone. Closed at one end with pitch; pitch inserted at air hole. Kit pimo = bone whistle; kut = bone; sa = eagle; aiam = buzzard.

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