Musical Horn
Whistle
NA11749
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
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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