Inverted Double-Reed Item Number: E20699-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "A TAPERING CYLINDER OF PINE, DIVIDED LONGITUDINALLY INTO HALVES AND EACH HALF EXCAVATED FROM SMALL END TO WITHIN HALF AN INCH OF LARGE END. THE HALVES ARE BOUND TOGETHER WITH LEATHER THONGS, AT SMALL END AND AT MIDDLE; BLOWING IN SMALL END CAUSES THE LARGE END BELOW MIDDLE LASHING TO VIBRATE AND ALLOWS THE AIR TO ESCAPE IN PUFFS OR WAVES, THUS CAUSING A SOUND. PL. 43, NOS. 9 & 10; P. 48,? (HOUGH, HIST. OF INVENTIONS)."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Inverted Double-Reed
- Identification Number
- E20699-0
- 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