Double Reed-Instrument Item Number: E20695-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "BELL AND TUBE MADE OF A BLOCK OF WOOD, SPLIT INTO HALVES LONGITUDINALLY. THE DOUBLE REED IS LARGE AND MADE OF PINE IN TWO SECTIONS. WHICH ARE LASHED TOGETHER AT THE BASE. IT IS PACKED WITH STRIPS OF CLOTH INSIDE THE TUBE JUST ABOVE WHERE THE BELL COMMENCES. THIS FORM OF AN INSTRUMENT WITH A BELL AND THE FORM OF THE DOUBLE REED IS PROBABLY COPIED FROM EUROPEAN INSTRUMENTS. SEE U.S.M. REPORT (NIBLACK) 1888, P. 330. LXI, NO. 327; ALSO WILSON'S PREHISTORIC ART, P1, 72, FIG. 4."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Double Reed-Instrument
- Identification Number
- E20695-0
- Type of Item
- whistle
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004686