Horn (Musical Instrument) Item Number: 25.0/262 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Whistles, such as this two-toned one, are secretly blown during the Tseyka to signal the first approach of a Hamatsa dancer who is possessed by the Cannibal Spirit. Horns were used in the Tlasula, after the disappearance of the initiate dancer, to announce his or her return in the guise of a supernatural being.
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is orange, blue, and white.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Thunderbird
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection