Whistle with fish design

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Date created: circa 1880

Culture/People: Haida

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1909.
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Place: British Columbia; Canada (inferred)

See related items: Haida; Music and Sound

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/2098
Barcode: 022098.000

Object Type: Music and Sound
Indigenous Term: xuud sk'aajuu

Object Name: Whistle with fish design
Media/Materials: Wood, spruce pitch/gum, spruce root
Techniques: Carved, glued, wrapped
Dimensions: 26 x 5.8 x 4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws608e59c71-7b9b-416e-b0e2-cb40bbb3ac88

Record ID: NMAI_23382