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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
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