Whistle

Museum number:
1-2819
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002819
Alternate number:
793 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic, sinew carrying handle attached to lashing at proximal end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
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 8.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #58: Samuel A. Barrett (April 4, 1962–April 13, 1962) and S1980-1981 #71: Santa Rosa Junior College (May 11, 1981–June 17, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2819, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic, sinew carrying handle attached to lashing at proximal end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2819, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic, sinew carrying handle attached to lashing at proximal end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2819, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic, sinew carrying handle attached to lashing at proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2819, described as Bird bone, double. Two bones, each with single slot near center, lashed together with sinew. Distal ends plugged with clear mastic, sinew carrying handle attached to lashing at proximal end.

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