Whistle

Museum number:
1-21060
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010021060
Accession number:
Acc.100AW
Description:
Bird bone. With 2 longitudinal rows of etched diamonds formed by 2 intersecting spiral lines.
Donor:
H. R. Noack
Collection place:
Hedricks Ranch, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Hedricks Ranch
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
H. R. Noack
Collection date:
ca. 1892
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
August 1917
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 6 inches
Comment:
Published: AR 3:2 Fig. FF3, p. 230.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-21060, described as Bird bone. With 2 longitudinal rows of etched diamonds formed by 2 intersecting spiral lines.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-21060, described as Bird bone. With 2 longitudinal rows of etched diamonds formed by 2 intersecting spiral lines.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-21060, described as Bird bone. With 2 longitudinal rows of etched diamonds formed by 2 intersecting spiral lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-21060, described as Bird bone. With 2 longitudinal rows of etched diamonds formed by 2 intersecting spiral lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-21060, described as Bird bone. With 2 longitudinal rows of etched diamonds formed by 2 intersecting spiral lines.

Tools