Whistle

Museum number:
1-661
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010000661
Alternate number:
2661 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Dance whistle; double; wooden. Closed at one end with pitch; tied together with string and sinew; double string attached; pitch inserted at air hole; both reeds have cracks in them.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Jeff Davis [Yuki] and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 17, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Musical instrument.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 13.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-661, described as Dance whistle; double; wooden. Closed at one end with pitch; tied together with string and sinew; double string attached; pitch inserted at air hole; both reeds have cracks in them.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-661, described as Dance whistle; double; wooden. Closed at one end with pitch; tied together with string and sinew; double string attached; pitch inserted at air hole; both reeds have cracks in them.

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