Gourd Whistle
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1958
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William H. Crocker
notes: label: Notes
content: Gourd whistle on a shoulder belt made of 10 strands of tucum palm fiber cord. The decoration is 19 squash seeds on string threaded through quills. There is one feather at the end of the gourd.
label: Notes
content: From Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology #33 The Canela (Eastern Timbira) by William H. Crocker. Table 8 #22. In earlier times a little ocarina of this sort was made for a youth by one of his lovers---never by his wife. Youths who were going to receive such a gourd made the holes in it, but their lovers made the loops of tucum string and assembled the beads and other decorations. When a young man appeared with such an object, everybody knew that he had a lover. It was hung on a tucum sash, going from his right shoulder to under his left armpit." For more information see publication.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ponto village, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela, Ramkokamekra
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2086106
label: USNM Number
content: E437440-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 50 cm
label: Width
content: 15 cm
label: Height
content: 6 cm