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Object Number
38-44-10/12909
Display Title
Whistle made from the humerus of a wild goose
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bone whistle, 2 perforations, wood end, polished.
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Bone, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm (4 1/2 x 1 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-44-10/12909
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1888-1916)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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