Gourd Whistle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: November 29, 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: GOURD WHISTLE, OR CUHKON-RE. THESE ARE GENERALLY MADE FOR A YOUNG MAN BY HIS LOVER. THIS ONE WAS MADE BY GILDA TEHCURA, THE WIFE OF MARINO. IT IS MADE OF MANY COLORED SEED BEADS, 3 BRAZILIAN COINS FROM 1985 AND 1986, DEER HOOF TIPS, GOURD, AND FINGERNAIL POLISH. THE NECK/BODY CORD IS A SHOULDER STRAP, BEADED IN A DIAMOND PATTERN. THE COINS AND DEER HOOF TIPS ARE SUSPENDED ON BEADED STRINGS. THE GOURD WHISTLE IS MADE FROM A SMALL, ELONGATED GOURD, WITH 2 SHORT BITS OF BEAD STRING AT THE END. "MARINHO" AND "TOCUHKOR" WHICH TRANSLATES AS "FOR BLOWING/PLAYING" IS WRITTEN ON THE GOURD IN CRIMSON FINGERNAIL POLISH. IT IS VERY MODERN. WHEN A YOUNG MAN APPEARED WITH THIS, EVERYONE KNEW HE HAD A LOVER. THE NECK STRAP IS UNUSUAL, A THING OF THE 1990S. ALSO, THE GOURD HAS FOUR HOLES, 3 MORE THAN IS USUAL. PURCHASE PRICE: CR$15.000,00.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Escalvado, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416179
label: USNM Number
content: E428252-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle