Whistle

Museum number:
1-9304a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21019304a@2cb
Alternate number:
178 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Bone, wrapped in natural color fiber in bands near center. Black mastic plug at distal end. (a) joined to (b) by leather thong.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Martin's Ferry, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Martin's Ferry
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used for white deerskin dance
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 12.4 centimeters and (b)— 15.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4802
Loans:
S1978-1979 #25: Hoopa Tribal Museum (October 19, 1978–February 2, 1979) and S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Whistle, accession number 1-9304a,b, described as Bone, wrapped in natural color fiber in bands near center. Black mastic plug at distal end. (a) joined to (b) by leather thong.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Whistle, accession number 1-9304a,b, described as Bone, wrapped in natural color fiber in bands near center. Black mastic plug at distal end. (a) joined to (b) by leather thong.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Whistle, accession number 1-9304a,b, described as Bone, wrapped in natural color fiber in bands near center. Black mastic plug at distal end. (a) joined to (b) by leather thong.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Whistle, accession number 1-9304a,b, described as Bone, wrapped in natural color fiber in bands near center. Black mastic plug at distal end. (a) joined to (b) by leather thong.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-9304a,b, described as Bone, wrapped in natural color fiber in bands near center. Black mastic plug at distal end. (a) joined to (b) by leather thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-9304a,b, described as Bone, wrapped in natural color fiber in bands near center. Black mastic plug at distal end. (a) joined to (b) by leather thong.

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