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Duct whistle
Native American
1850–1900
Object Place: United States, Great Plains region
Medium/Technique
Bone
Dimensions
Length 12.8 cm, diameter 0.7 cm (Length 5 1/16 in., diameter 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.321
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionCylindrical body of eagle bone with U-shaped window. Duct block formed of pitch (?). Cord of red dyed leather wrapped above and below window, with long carrying loop suspended at same point.
ProvenancePurchased in Northampton, MA, by Douglas Deihl, Northampton; 1984, sold by Douglas Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)