Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Fred R. Meyer (1874-1939, an amateur photographer who traveled widely in the West) and possibly collected by him; purchased by MAI from his widow Hattie M. Meyer (1886-1971) in 1939.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Possible collector
- Fred R. Meyer, Non-Indian, 1874-1939
- Previous owner
- Fred R. Meyer, Non-Indian, 1874-1939
- Seller
- Hattie M. Meyer (Henrietta Marie Frank/Mrs. Fred R. Meyer), Non-Indian, 1886-1971
- Object Name
- Whistle (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Animal bone, feather/feathers, hair
- Techniques
- Cut
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
