Bone Whistle With Finger Holes
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Collector
content: Jose C. Feledon
label: Donor Name
content: Prof William M. Gabb
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE FROM A BIRD BONE, PROBABLY THE ULNA OF THE BROWN PELICAN (PELECANUS FUSCUS). THE SOUND HOLE IS OVAL AND PLACED 7/8 OF AN INCH FROM UPPER END. THE PLUG IS OF PITCH. IT HAS FIVE FINGER HOLES PLACED ABOUT 7/16 IN. APART 2 G 2 A 2 B 2 D 3 E 3 F AND 3 G. THE 3 G IS OBTAINED BY A SLIGHTLY INCREASED FORCE OF THE BREATH. BY USING A GREATER FORCE AND A DIFFERENT FINGERING, THE FOLLOWING NOTES CAN BE PRODUCED: 3 F SHARP, 3 B AND 4 B. A PECULIARITY OF THIS INSTRUMENT MAY BE NOTICED. THAT ITS LOWEST NOTE IS NOT PRODUCED WITH ALL THE HOLES CLOSED SOME OF THE ABOVE NOTES CAN BE PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT FINGERING. SEE WILSON'S PREHISTORIC ART. P. 623, ILL. 624."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Talamanca
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004158
label: USNM Number
content: E18108-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle