Bone Whistle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Jun 1901
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Paul B. Carter
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Georgia O. Carr
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made from (golden eagle leg bone - A. Wetmore) used in sun-dance, belongs to sun-dance outfit."
label: Notes
content: From inventory in accession file: 1 eagle bone whistle they blow all the time they are dancing. This whistle is made from the large bone of the wing. The Indians will give a pony for such a whistle. From tag: This whistle is made of eagle bone and was used by"Henry Jim" in Sun dance. The Utes sometime give a pony for a whistle like this.
label: Notes
content: Note with whistle: both bones are from Bald Eagle, Halaetus leucocephalus (right ulnas) R.L. Zusi, June 14, 1984.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Uintah/Ouray Reservation (not certain), Utah, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ute (Nuche), Northern
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 038163
label: USNM Number
content: E211050C-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle