Musical Horn

Whistle

NA11749

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA11749
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan?
Section American
Materials Wood | String
Description

Musical horn called "The Call of the Wild." The main body of the instrument is made from a hollowed out, wooden cylinder split in half. Halves are inserted into a cylindrical mouthpiece that holds the instrument together along with plant fiber threads. The mouthpiece has a small segment of wood inside and the foot end is plugged with wood wrapped with a plant fiber strip.

Length 38 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926
Other Number 121 - Other Number

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