Whistle

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Culture/People: Nuxalk (Bellacoola)
Previous owner: Landsberg's Free Museum
Seller: Landsberg's Free Museum
Seller agent: Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); purchased by George Heye from Landsberg's Free Museum circa 1905.
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Place: Central Coast Regional District; British Columbia; Canada

See related items: Nuxalk (Bellacoola); Music and Sound

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 3479
Barcode: 003479.000

Object Type: Music and Sound

Object Name: Whistle
Media/Materials: Wood, cordage
Techniques: Carved, wrapped

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6da177f4d-3d34-4173-95eb-311f26034d5f

Record ID: NMAI_3543