Whistle

Item number D2.149 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Bone whistle, bound with white and orange porcupine quills, three small yellow and black feathers hanging from it (appears there were more feathers at one time), and with a metal and red glass beads strung on a skin band which ends with a metal piece and a long metal chain.

Narrative

It is uncertain which objects in this donation were collected by H. Mitchell vs collected by F. Carson. The donor said the objects in his donation should be known as the Hillyard Mitchell collection. Mitchell (1852-1923) spent much of his working life in the Northwest Territories, later moving to Victoria, B.C. But, the donor also said the collection came from his grandfather, F. Carson. Carson had gone to Saskatchewan in 1861 as a boy of 15, and stayed until 1918. He was a fur trader and trapper, working mainly amongst the Cree, and was recorded having been at Duck Lake and Prince Albert, Sask.