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Reed pipe (possibly after 19th-century Heiltsuk people type)
Native American, Heiltsuk
late 19th century
Object Place: Washington, DC, United States
Medium/Technique
Red cedar, spruce root
Dimensions
Length 20.5 cm, width 2.7 cm, thickness 2.2 cm (Length 8 1/16 in., width 1 1/16 in., thickness 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2224
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionPaddle-shaped body constructed of two hollowed out halves of red cedar (?), bound with strips of split spruce root near proximal end and at center. Lozenge-shaped embouchure hole. Widened end forms terminal retreating reed.
ProvenanceBy 1903, Francis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England [see note]; 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)
NOTE: F. W. Galpin, "The Whistles and Reed Instruments of the American Indians of the North-West Coast," Proceedings of the Musical Association, 29th sess. (1902-1903): pl. III, fig. 15.
NOTE: F. W. Galpin, "The Whistles and Reed Instruments of the American Indians of the North-West Coast," Proceedings of the Musical Association, 29th sess. (1902-1903): pl. III, fig. 15.