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Object Number
985-27-10/59311
Display Title
Sioux eagle bone whistle. Leather tied to one end. 18.4x1.7 cm.
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux eagle bone whistle. Leather tied to one end. 18.4x1.7 cm.
Inventory Description
Whistle, wrapped in center with leather, flared ends
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Bone, Leather, Eagle bone
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm (7 1/2 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59311, 34153
Provenance
Provenance
Goes-to-War
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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