Whistle Item Number: A2139 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown wood whistle that is circular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in two sections with brown string, one near the tapering end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side. The letters 'WJ' are carved in the middle of the same side.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Condition
- fair