Whistle

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
1-14948
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010014948
Alternate number:
X (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.381
Description:
Bone; broken and partially missing. Shows marks of string winding at ends. "Nos. 14944-50 ... These specimens, apparently made from human femurs were originally wound with some sort of string, the impressions of this being very distinct in the asphaltum at the find.
Donor:
Nels C. Nelson
Collection place:
CA-Mrn-315 (San Rafael Shellmound), San Rafael, Marin County
Verbatim coll. place:
Burial X
Collector:
Nels C. Nelson
Collection date:
January 1910
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Whistles
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Dimensions:
length 10.25 inches
Comment:
Perhaps from Mrn-35", fide Gary Richards, 1995.
Loans:
S2001-2002 #15: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-14948, described as Bone; broken and partially missing. Shows marks of string winding at ends. "Nos. 14944-50 ... These specimens, apparently made from human femurs were originally wound with some sort of string, the impressions of this being very distinct in the asphaltum at the find. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-14948, described as Bone; broken and partially missing. Shows marks of string winding at ends. "Nos. 14944-50 ... These specimens, apparently made from human femurs were originally wound with some sort of string, the impressions of this being very distinct in the asphaltum at the find. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-14948, described as Bone; broken and partially missing. Shows marks of string winding at ends. "Nos. 14944-50 ... These specimens, apparently made from human femurs were originally wound with some sort of string, the impressions of this being very distinct in the asphaltum at the find. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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