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Object Number
15-36-10/86391
Display Title
Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Used by girls during long puberty ceremony
Descriptions
Object Description
Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Used by girls during long puberty ceremonies.
Inventory Description
Whistle, carved bone, decorated with incised lines and dots, cracked.
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 15.3 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm (6 x 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86391
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller
James A. Teit
(?)
Collector
James A. Teit
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