Whistle

Museum number:
1-2698
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
548 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Bird bone. Single slot at center, distal end plugged with pitch and bound with sinew on exterior.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Bird bone
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 1.9 centimeters and length 10.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2698, described as Bird bone. Single slot at center, distal end plugged with pitch and bound with sinew on exterior.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Whistle, accession number 1-2698, described as Bird bone. Single slot at center, distal end plugged with pitch and bound with sinew on exterior.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2698, described as Bird bone. Single slot at center, distal end plugged with pitch and bound with sinew on exterior.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-2698, described as Bird bone. Single slot at center, distal end plugged with pitch and bound with sinew on exterior.

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