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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