Whistle

Museum number:
1-222153
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010222153
Alternate number:
1468 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Bone whistle. Square opening.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-86, San Joaquin County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Pool Mound
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
February 2, 1900
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Whistles
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Part of burial.
Department:
Unassociated funerary objects
Comment:
Per Barr ledger: "Found in mouth [with #1469 both] with square opening. Sixteen other whistles by side of head, a few inches to right. Three fragments of whistles with the 16 [1-222153-172]. Ten shell ornaments and five etched pieces of what was probably a large ornament found on breast [ornaments 173-179]. Two of the ten ornaments are shell effigies or parts of 'banjo' gorgets. Pool Mound HH Barr Feb. 2, 1900.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-222153, described as Bone whistle. Square opening. 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 1-222153, described as Bone whistle. Square opening. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-222153, described as Bone whistle. Square opening. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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