Carved Wooden Whistle, Spapakwilla Or Oolalla's Call
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1883
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1895, FIG. 207, P. 654. 'A LARGE WHISTLE USED TO ANNOUNCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF A FESTIVAL. VERY HIGHLY PRIZED. THE NAME IS OOLALLA SPAPOKWILLA, OR OOLALLA WHISTLE.' SWAN'S DESC.CAT." OVER THE YEARS WHISTLE 89063 HAS BEEN CONFUSED WITH WHISTLE 89062. THE WHISTLE NOW CALLED 89063 MATCHES THE LEDGER BOOK DRAWING FOR 89063. - F. PICKERING 6-9-1997
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Nov 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013804
label: USNM Number
content: E89063-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle