Musical Horn
Whistle
NA11749
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA11749 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan? |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | String |
| Description | Musical horn called "The Call of the Wild." The main body of the instrument is made from a hollowed out, wooden cylinder split in half. Halves are inserted into a cylindrical mouthpiece that holds the instrument together along with plant fiber threads. The mouthpiece has a small segment of wood inside and the foot end is plugged with wood wrapped with a plant fiber strip. |
| Length | 38 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926 |
| Other Number | 121 - Other Number |
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