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Object Number 11-60-10/84015
Display Title Whistle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whistle, worked bone, wrapped w/ sinew and grass, wood peg, cloth strap, broken
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Shasta
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 7.7 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 84015
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1911)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1911 - 1911)

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