Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9311002

Category: Whistle - Grass Dance Whistle

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Southern Teton

Period: 1875-1900 - ca. 1885

Materials: Wood; porcupine quills; sinew

Description: Whistle is carved with the head of a curlew at the distal end. Majority of the length is wrapped with porcupine quillwork.

Dimensions: Length 26.75 inches

Provenance:

Marvin Lince, Tualatin, Oregon
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 102

Notes (click on note to open):

Drs. Ted J. Brasser 2006

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