Whistle
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Ha-ko-glas (Tla-ko-glas), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Newcombe (C.F. Newcombe), Non-Indian, 1851-1924
label: Previous owner
content: Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Chief Ha-ko-glas (Tla-ko-glas, Kwakwaka'wakw); collected by Charles F. Newcombe (1851-1924, a physician and collector in British Columbia) at an unknown date; purchased by the Free Museum of Art and Science at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum of Science and Art in 1908.
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: Alert Bay; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Cormorant Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/9358
label: Barcode
content: 019358.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
label: Indigenous Term
content: metses
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 46.9 x 11 cm