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Object Number 05-7-10/65470
Display Title Whistle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woodwind, whistle, carved wood, frog head(?), 2 halves lashed with cord
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island / Fort Rupert
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm (4 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 05-7-10/65470
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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