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Duct whistle (after 19th-century Northwest Coast Indian type)
Native American
about 1900
Object Place: Washington, DC, United States
Medium/Technique
Red cedar, twine
Dimensions
Length 33.5 cm, width 6.7 cm, thickness 6.2 cm (Length 13 3/16 in., width 2 5/8 in., thickness 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2209
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBottle-shaped body (of semi-circular cross-section) constructed of two hollowed out halves of red cedar (?), bound with twine near each end and at center. Distal end closed. Seams smeared with pitch. Three equally-spaced fingerholes in distal half. Rectangular window and oval embouchure hole. Sounds pitches of e' (with all finger holes open) and a (with all finger holes closed).
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d.1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)