Double Reed-Instrument Item Number: E20698-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "A TAPERING CYLINDER OF PINE, DIVIDED LONGITUDINALLY INTO HALVES. EACH SECTION IS EXCAVATED FROM END TO END. WHEN BOUND TOGETHER FORMING AN OPEN TUBE, WHICH IS ENLARGED. A LOWEND AND AN OBOE OR DOUBLE REED FORMED OF PINE IN TWO SECTIONS IS LASHED TOGETHER AND FORCED IN THE OUTER END."
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
- E20698-0
- 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