Double; bone; closed at one end with pitch. Tied together with cotton string and sinew. Running saw tooth incision; cracked at sound box; pitch inserted at sound box.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 16, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Dance whistle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: "15-4802" "Repaired with Deucon Clear Epoxy Adhesive... by G. Brown.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #30: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (October 28, 1968–December 31, 1968) and S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969)