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Object Number
09-8-10/75459
Display Title
Whistle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bone whistle, incised geometric design, square sound hole
Classification
- Entertainment device
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Pomo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 1.1 x 1 cm (4 1/4 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75459
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(01/01/1909)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(01/01/1909)
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