Moose Call

Whistle

29-175-161

From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-161
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Haida
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Bark
Description

Tube in the form of a long cone with flattened tip. Made in two parts gummed together from base to two-thirds of the distance to the tip; from there on the form suggests the slightly open beak of a duck. This end is flexible. Some remains of wood strips which bound the instrument in two places.

Length 55.5 cm
Width 8.5 cm
Thickness 7.5 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 1/8916 - Collector Number

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