War-Whistle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1853
label: Collection Date
content: 1828 to 1851
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Jean L. Berlandier
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Darius N. Couch
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE WING BONE OF A BIRD. THE SOUND HOLE IS TRIANGULAR. ITS APEX TOWARDS THE LOWER END. THE PLUG OF GUM, PITCH. THE LOWER END IS OPEN A LOOP OF DOUBLE AND TWISTED BUCKSKIN CORD IS FASTENED TO IT. ITS LENGTH 12-1/2 IN. DOUBLE. THE SOUND HOLE BEGINS 3-1/8 IN. BELOW THE UPPER END. IT IS CONOIDAL IN FORMS, ITS BASE TOWARDS THE UPPER END. THE PLUG IS OF PITCH. THE LOWER END IS OPEN. THE BONE HAS BEEN BROKEN IN TWO PIECES AT THE SOUND HOLE AND REPAIRED WITH A BONE SPLINT THAT COVER HALF OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE BONE. LASHED WITH A SMALL TWISTED CORD ON EACH SIDE OF THE SOUND HOLE. DECORATED WITH QUILL WORK, THE QUILLS BEING ALTERNATELY BACK AND RED. THEY ORIGINALLY COVERED ALL MOST THE ENTIRE SURFACE EXCEPT AT THE SOUND HOLE. WHISTLE WAS COLLECTED 1828-1851 BY JEAN LOUIS BERLANDIER. LT. (LATER GENERAL) DARIUS NASH COUCH BOUGHT COLLECTION FROM BERLANDIER'S WIDOW.-JCE."
label: Notes
content: There are currently two whistles numbered E5964. The one called E5964-0 matches the catalogue card description better than the one called E5964-1.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Comanche (Numunuu)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00085
label: USNM Number
content: E5964-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle