Whistle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: November 29, 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: THE LITTLE FALCON'S WHISTLE, OR HAK-RE YAAKHOL TSA. MADE IN THE 1970S BY JOSE HUYNO, THE SON OF PEDRO PRETO WHO WAS THE LITTLE FALCON FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE HE DID SUCH A FINE JOB. THE WE?TE GIRL FOR THIS FESTIVAL WS DR. CROCKER'S ADOPTED GRANDDAUGHTER, THE DAUGHTER OF HOMYI-KWYJ AND CASTELO, AND THEREFORE THIS IS A SPECIAL ITEM. IT WAS MADE FOR THE FESTIVAL AND WORN DURING THE CLOSING WE?TE CEREMONY. IT IS MADE OF TUCUM CORD, DEER HOOF TIPS, 8 BRAZILIAN COINS, GREEN, WHITE, YELLOW, CLEAR RED, CLEAR GREEN AND CLEAR BLUE GLASS BEADS, JUBA CANE, COTTON AND URUCU. THE COINS AND DEER HOOF TIPS ARE SUSPENDED ON BEADED STRINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO A MANY-STRANDED BELT OF TUCUM FIBER. THE WHISTLE IS MADE OF CANA JUBA, WRAPPED WITH WHITE COTTON STRING AND ATTACHED TO THE TUCUM ROPE WITH A SHORT GREEN AND RED BEADED STRING. PURCHASE PRICE: CR$15.000,00.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Escalvado, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416179
label: USNM Number
content: E428248-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle