Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1921 and 1922 by explorer and author Gordon MacCreagh (1886-1953) during the Mulford Expedition for the Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin (sponsored by the New York Botanical Gardens); donated to MAI by Gordon MacCreagh in 1922.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Tukano (Tucano)
- Collector
- Gordon MacCreagh, Non-Indian, 1886-1953
- Donor
- Gordon MacCreagh, Non-Indian, 1886-1953
- Expedition
- Mulford Expedition for the Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin (1921-1922)
- Object Name
- Whistle
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, tree pitch/gum
- Techniques
- Drilled
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
