Bone Whistle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Sep 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Paul Schumacher
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Paul Schumacher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Asphaltum [raw petroleum or bitumen] covered; 1 hole. Illustrated N.M. Rep. 1896. Fig. 206, p. 568."
label: Notes
content: FROM DUPLICATE CARD IN ETHNOLOGY CARD FILE FOR THIS FLUTE: "A BIRD BONE: ITS NATURAL CAVITY FORMING THE BASE, ABOUT 2 IN. FROM UPPER END, A NEARLY RECTANGULAR SOUND HOLE HAS BEEN CUT AND THE BASE JUST ABOVE NEARLY FILLED WITH PITCH, ASPHALTUN [asphaltum], FORMING THE FLUG. THE OUTSIDE OF BASE HAS BEEN COVERED WITH ASPHALTUM AND WORN SMOOTH. SEE WILSON'S PREHISTORIC ART, PP. 569, ILL. 568."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County / Channel Islands, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004199
label: USNM Number
content: A18162-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle