Whistle
name: label: Culture/People
content: Heiltsuk (Bella Bella)
label: Possible seller
content: J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms, 1834-ca. 1940
label: Previous owner
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Seller
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: MAI agent
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1909, probably from the J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms (London, England); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1910.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Heiltsuk (Bella Bella)
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 2/5927
label: Barcode
content: 025927.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved