Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 800 BC–AD 1850 (Late Holocene period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Southern California: Middle Period and Chumash (archaeological)
label: Collector
content: Amor W. Barnard (A. W. Barnard), Non-Indian, 1840-1882
label: Previous seller
content: Amor W. Barnard (A. W. Barnard), Non-Indian, 1840-1882
label: Previous owner
content: Professor James Terry, Non-Indian, 1844-1912
label: Previous seller
content: Professor James Terry, Non-Indian, 1844-1912
label: Previous owner
content: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), 1869-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Amor W. Barnard (1840-1882, a California artifact collector) in 1880; sold by him at an unknown date to James Terry (1844-1912, an artifact collector and curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City); sold by James Terry to the American Museum of Natural History between 1891 and 1893; acquired by George Heye in 1905 through an exchange with the American Museum of Natural History.
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: Santa Barbara County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5972
label: Barcode
content: 005972.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Bird bone/bones, asphaltum/bitumen
label: Techniques
content: Carved