Dance Whistle (Sk-a'na) Item Number: E89158-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Illus. in USNM Rept, 1895; fig. 206, p. 564 also in Bull. 136, USNM, pl. 140c, p. 127. Carved from a block of wood in two longitudinal sections, its interior constructed like 89,066. Design: Oala [sic, should be Olala, Oolala, Ulala], the mountain demon. On the back carved in low relief is the body and lower limbs of a man; on the front the head and chest, with the arms and hands reaching above and around the sound hole."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received on December 21, 1883
What
- Name
- Dance Whistle (Sk-a'na)
- Identification Number
- E89158-0
- Type of Item
- whistle
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- 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
- on December 21, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 013804