War Whistle (Tsodaltem)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Note re photos: negative # 2008-10819 is an overall shot of war whistle on necklace; negative # 2008-10820 is detail shot of bone whistle.
label: Notes
content: Eagle bone whistle with two sections of wrapped beadwork and bead fringe. Tied to rolled hide necklace completely covered with wrapped beadwork. Pendant on necklace, bundle of feathers tied to small buckskin patch. 18" (46 cm). Records: Made from the wing bone of an eagle. "Plug" or "lanquid," of gum, inside beneath the opening. The whistles made of eagle's bones are the war whistles of the Kiowas. (C, L, ML). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152862-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 46 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3.5 cm