Buzzer; two wood grips attached to caribou astragalus with sinew; a) astragalus, width 6 cm.; b) wood grip, length 8.7 cm.; c) wood grip, width 9.5 cm; d) extra sinew. Buzzer passed from person to person while it is whirling.
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Great Whale River, Quebec, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
May 1972
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)