Bone Whistles
Image
Title
Bone Whistles
Identifier
Accession No.: 1930-38.1
Accession No.: 1933-27.2
Accession No.: 1933-27.3
Description
Whistle made from deer tibia with distal end broken off; proximal end has asphaltum over a hole, which shows the imprint of a shell that was once adhered there; found and taken from a cave in Northwest Ventura County. Donated to the Museum.
Deer tibia whistle decorated with olivella biplicata disk beads and wrapped with juncus.
Deer tibia whistle decorated with olivella biplicata disk beads and wrapped with juncus.
Creator
Chumash
Date
circa 1700-1830s
Subject
Chumash Indians--Material culture
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
Type
Physical Object
Collection
Citation
Chumash, “Bone Whistles,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed April 19, 2024, http://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/4524.