Whistle (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
label: Collector
content: Newell B. Perkins (N. B. Perkins), Non-Indian, 1833-1917
label: Previous owner
content: Newell B. Perkins (N. B. Perkins), Non-Indian, 1833-1917
label: Previous owner
content: Arthur Billings Hunt, Non-Indian, 1890-1971
label: Lender
content: Arthur Billings Hunt, Non-Indian, 1890-1971
label: Seller
content: Arthur Billings Hunt, Non-Indian, 1890-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1879 and 1883 by Newell B. Perkins (1833-1917, a trader at Fort Yates and Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota); inherited by his grandson, Arthur Billings Hunt (1890-1971, a concert singer); lent to MAI by Arthur Billings Hunt in 1930; purchased by MAI from Arthur Billings Hunt in 1958.
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: Standing Rock Reservation; Sioux County; North Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/9736
label: Barcode
content: 169736.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Bird bone/bones, porcupine quills
label: Techniques
content: Quill-wrapped (flat)