Whistle Item Number: A3542 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles with one shorter than the other bound together by brown string. Both pieces are rectangular in cross section and come to a tapering end. The shorter piece is bound by string in two sections, one near each end while the longer piece is bound by string in three sections, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole (two in total) nearby on one side.
Narrative
Owned and used by Tom Patch Wamiss.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Tom Patch Wamiss
- Received from Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller)
What
- Name
- Whistle
- Identification Number
- A3542
- Type of Item
- whistle
- Material
- douglas fir wood and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and bound
- Overall
- height 3.5 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 30.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Tom Patch Wamiss
- Received from
- Tom Patch Wamiss (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Condition
- fair