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Object Number
15-36-10/86392
Display Title
Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Ornamented with incised rings.
Descriptions
Object Description
Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Ornamented with incised rings.
Inventory Description
Whistle, worked bone, incised bands both ends, twine loop one end, long, hollow.
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Bone, Twine, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 17.4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm (6 7/8 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86392
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Collector
James A. Teit
(? - 1915)
Seller
James A. Teit
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