Whistle Item Number: A4203 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown wood double reed whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three sections with brown cord, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end has four knobs, one at each corner of its solid end, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there are two taper cut rectangular holes in opposite corners nearby on opposite sides in a mirror image of one another. Sealed with resin.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Alfred Dawson before January 14, 1953
- Received from Alfred Dawson (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on January 14, 1953
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Alfred Dawson
- Received from
- Alfred Dawson (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 14, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on January 14, 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1857/0021