This three-part whistle with bellows, originating from Kwakwaka'wakw culture in Cape Mudge, British Columbia, is believed to have been created between 1870 and 1910. The musical instrument was collected by George Gustav Heye in 1922.
Three-part whistle with bellows
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents by George Heye in 1922 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Collector
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Date created
- 1870-1910
- Object Name
- Three-part whistle with bellows
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide, cotton cloth, cotton cord/cordage
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 29 x 14.6 x 6.6 cm
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Indigenous Term
- madzis
