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Object Number
67-10-70/431
Display Title
Gourd (whistle)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Ipu hokiokio or Ipu hoehoe
Inventory Description
Whistle, small gourd, hollow, circular body, extended and tapered one end, two circular perforations
Classification
- Whistle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Gourd
Dimensions
Overall: 6.5 × 5.3 × 5.2 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
431
Provenance
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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