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Object Number 14-27-10/85820
Display Title Double whistle of wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whistle, carved wood, double whistle, groove with sinew cord
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kishgagass Village
Additional Geographic Terms Babine River
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 16.3 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm (6 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85820
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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