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Double whistle
Object Number 05-7-10/64519
Display Title Double whistle
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lu-ma-ne
Object Description Double whistle carried by each danced and called "Lu-ma-ne"
Inventory Description Whistle, two bones partially perforated at center, string together with fiber co
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Miwok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Calaveras County
Additional Geographic Terms West Point, near
Materials Bone, Fiber cord
Dimensions Overall: 5.6 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm (2 3/16 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64519
Provenance
Owner Capt. Eph Cummings (? - 1905)
Collector E. L. McLeod (1905 - 1905)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1904 - 1905)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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