Whistle Item Number: 1-11387 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Whistles and horns were used by the Tsimshian in both the Nakhnokh performances and the initiation ceremonies of the secret societies acquired from the Northern Wakashan tribes. George Emmons, who collected the horn from the Nishga, did not specify its use. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black.
Item History
- Received from American Museum of Natural History
What
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian and Gitxsan
- Received from
- American Museum of Natural History
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of American Museum of Natural History
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection