Single; eagle wing bone. Closed at one end with pitch; notch on top side just below air hole; pitch inserted at air hole. Kit pimo = bone whistle; kut = bone; sa = eagle; aiam = buzzard.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Taxon:
Accipitridae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Musical instrument.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 15.6 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 35: kit pimo = bone whistle kut = bone eagle = sa 'aiam = buzzard made of eagle wing bone" "See Barrett's field cat. in acc. envelope for fuller information.