Whistle

Museum number:
1-2820
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
794 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Bird bone, single slot at center. Distal end capped with pitch. Cotton carrying handle at distal end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Lake, Lake County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake; Upper Lake
Culture or time period:
Eastern 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 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2820, described as Bird bone, single slot at center. Distal end capped with pitch. Cotton carrying handle at distal end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2820, described as Bird bone, single slot at center. Distal end capped with pitch. Cotton carrying handle at distal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2820, described as Bird bone, single slot at center. Distal end capped with pitch. Cotton carrying handle at distal end.

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