Bone Whistle
Taos Pueblo (Tu-Tah)
Southwest
collected 1958
Bone and feathers
Overall: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
158.28.14248
Geography
Place Found: Taos Pueblo, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Provenance
"Old Curio Shop," Santa Fe, New Mexico; collected by the Joint Expedition, Dartmouth College Museum and New Mexico, by Director Alfred P. Whiting (1912-1978), Summer of 1958.
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