Whistle

Museum number:
1-97852
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010097852
Accession number:
Acc.1953AE
Object count:
1
Description:
Reed, double. Pair of reeds lashed together with cotton twine. Single hole near proximal ends, dab of "modern chewing gum" at bottom of holes. Made by Clifford Scott, Essie Parrish's son by first marriage.
Donor:
Mary Jean Kennedy
Collection place:
Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma
Culture or time period:
Kashia
Maker or artist:
Clifford Scott
Collector:
Mary Jean Kennedy
Collection date:
1953
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
November 12, 1953
Context of use:
Used by women in dances.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 1.9 centimeters and length 19.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1968-1969 #133: KQED Television (June 10, 1969–June 17, 1969), S1969-1970 #73: KQED Television (January 27, 1970–January 29, 1970), and S1982-1983 #9: California History Center, De Anza College (September 15, 1982–March 2, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-97852, described as Reed, double. Pair of reeds lashed together with cotton twine. Single hole near proximal ends, dab of "modern chewing gum" at bottom of holes. Made by Clifford Scott, Essie Parrish's son by first marriage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-97852, described as Reed, double. Pair of reeds lashed together with cotton twine. Single hole near proximal ends, dab of "modern chewing gum" at bottom of holes. Made by Clifford Scott, Essie Parrish's son by first marriage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-97852, described as Reed, double. Pair of reeds lashed together with cotton twine. Single hole near proximal ends, dab of "modern chewing gum" at bottom of holes. Made by Clifford Scott, Essie Parrish's son by first marriage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-97852, described as Reed, double. Pair of reeds lashed together with cotton twine. Single hole near proximal ends, dab of "modern chewing gum" at bottom of holes. Made by Clifford Scott, Essie Parrish's son by first marriage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 1-97852, described as Reed, double. Pair of reeds lashed together with cotton twine. Single hole near proximal ends, dab of "modern chewing gum" at bottom of holes. Made by Clifford Scott, Essie Parrish's son by first marriage.

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