Bone Whistle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Stephen Powers
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen Powers
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "DANCE WHISTLE MADE FROM A BIRD BONE, POSSIBLE THE ALNA OF A WILD GOOSE. THE SOUND HOLE IS A SQUARE NOTCH CUT DOWN ABOUT A THIRD OF THE DIAMETER. A PLUG OF PITCH FILLS THE CAVITY ABOVE SOUND HOLE ALMOST EVEN WITH SIDES OF NOTCH. THE LOWER END OF THE BONE IS CLOSED WITH PITCH. REFER: CAT. NO. 19609. INVENTORIED 1977."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Big Meadows, Plumas County / Lassen County, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maidu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004856
label: USNM Number
content: E19613-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle