Images courtesy of the Haida Gwaii Museum. Provided for research purposes only. Other uses require permission: 250-559-4643 adminassistant@haidagwaiimuseum.ca

Images(3)

Whistle

Date1898

Mediumwood, spruce root

DimensionsOther: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

Terms

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1037

Object numberHRC 01037

Descriptiona whistle or bird call blown by the mouth carved from a single piece of wood split in half lengthwise each half hollowe dout to approx. 0.2cm thick, then bound togeether with a strip of split root, forming a hollow cylindrical tube, oval in cross section, which is constricted 3cm from distal end and then tapers and flattens into lenticular shaped cross section end. constriction is wrapped with a strip of split root wiht loose ends of strip beneath wrapped. the number '3082' is marked in red ink on one side close to distal end.
collected in Masset

On View

Not on view

Collections