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Duct whistle (sk-a'na)
Duct whistle (sk-a'na)

Duct whistle (sk-a'na)

before 1883
Object PlaceBritish Columbia, Canada
Medium/TechniqueRed cedar (?), spruce root
DimensionsLength 38.5 cm, width 8.8 cm, thickness 8 cm (Length 15 3/16 in., width 3 7/16 in., thickness 3 1/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2202
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 1903, Francis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England [see note]; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)

NOTE: F. W. Galpin, "The Whistles and Reed Instruments of the American Indians of the North-West Coast," Proceedings of the Musical Association, 29th sess. (1902-1903): pl. I, fig. 1a.
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