Whistle

Museum number:
1-2823
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002823
Alternate number:
797 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single finger hole near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends capped with pitch.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Ukiah Rancheria, Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Yokaia Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1900
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 12.5 centimeters and width 2 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4802 See 1-11 Pomo
Loans:
S1976-1977 #80: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (May 6, 1977–May 9, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2823, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single finger hole near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends capped with pitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2823, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single finger hole near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends capped with pitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2823, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single finger hole near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends capped with pitch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2823, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single finger hole near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends capped with pitch.

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