Whistle
Musical Horn
Pipe
| Object Number: | NA8511 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | United States of America Alaska Sitka |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus: | Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan Eagle's Nest House |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Bark Resin (material) Reed (plant) |
| Length: | 41 cm |
| Width: | 7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number: | PE1 - Other Number |
Description
Performer's whistle or musical horn made from wood. Made from a hollowed out, wooden cylinder split in half. Halves are joined with plant fiber wrappings in four places. Thins around the middle and toward the mouthpiece or head end.
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