Whistle (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Natoos (Sun), Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Calf Child, Siksika Blackfoot
label: Previous owner
content: Philip Henry Godsell (Philip H. Godsell), Non-Indian, 1889-1961
label: Seller
content: Philip Henry Godsell (Philip H. Godsell), Non-Indian, 1889-1961
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly kept by Natoos (Sun, Niitsitapii) and subsequently by Chief Calf Child (Siksika Blackfoot); acquired from Calf Child in 1906 by Philip H. Godsell (1889-1961, a fur trader with the Hudson's Bay Company, Arctic traveler, writer and journalist); purchased by MAI from Philip Godsell in 1951.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Montana or Alberta; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/8250
label: Barcode
content: 218250.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone, fur, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Cut