Whistle Item Number: A3614 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown wood whistle that is oval in cross section and tapers to a hollow knob at one end near which it is bound with brown twine. The other end is carved with two outward pointing crescents on one side and two circles side-by-side on the other side.
History Of Use
Hamats!a whistle (M. Martin, 1951). Imitates 'ghost calling'.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Alice Hunt
- Owned by Jonathan Hunt before November 1951
- Received from Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during November 1951
What
- Name
- Whistle
- Identification Number
- A3614
- Type of Item
- whistle
- Material
- cedar wood and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and bound
- Overall
- height 4.5 cm, width 5.5 cm, depth 32.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Alice Hunt and Jonathan Hunt
- Received from
- Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before November 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1951
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1913/0008