Horn Item Number: A4339 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Half of a longitudinal, bottle-shaped, brown wood piece that is circular in cross section with a tapering neck. Has a killer whale design. Has a black ovoid in ovoid eye surrounded by a white and green area, an open red mouth with six white teeth, a blue or black body, green, blue, red, and black fins and dorsal fin, and a tail that has a face with black ovoid in ovoid eyes, red nostrils, and open red mouth with six white teeth and red split u's for ears.
History Of Use
Identified as tla'sala whistle (see Boas, 1895, fig. 196) and as tla'sala horn (see Holm, 1972, p. 32.)
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made by Charlie George Jr. ? (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada during 1939
- Collected in Hopetown, British Columbia, Canada and Hegam's, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Charlie George Jr. ? (Maker)
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Hopetown, British Columbia, Canada and Hegam's, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1939
Other
- Condition
- poor