Whistle
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Heiltsuk (Bella Bella)
label: Possible collector
content: Reverend Smith Stanley Osterhout (Reverend Osterhous), Non-Indian, 1868-1953
label: Previous owner
content: Henry Stadthagen (Harry Stadthagen/H. Stadhagen), Non-Indian, 1864-1927
label: Seller
content: Henry Stadthagen (Harry Stadthagen/H. Stadhagen), Non-Indian, 1864-1927
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; possibly collected by Reverend Smith Stanley Osterhout (1868-1953), a missionary who worked with tribes in the Vancouver area after 1893; presumably transferred to Henry Stadthagen (1864-1927, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian arts) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Henry Stadthagen in 1905.
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: 4599
label: Barcode
content: 004599.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whistle
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, cedar bark, hide, spruce root, twine/string, pine pitch
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, wrapped
label: Dimensions
content: 53 x 11 cm