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- Culture/People
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Jaw (Cehu'pa/Oki'cize Tawa [His Battle/His Fight]/Samuel Charles Jaw), Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)/Itazipacola Lakota (Sans Arc Sioux), ca. 1853-1924
- Collector
- Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
- Seller
- Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
- Collection History
- Collected from Jaw (Cehu'pa/His Fight/Samuel Charles Jaw, Hunkpapa Lakota/Itazipacola Lakota, ca. 1853-1924) in 1913 or 1914 by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957); purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.
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- Place
- Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA
- See related items
- Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/7928
- Barcode
- 067928.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Whistle (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Eagle bone, eagle feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Cut, wrapped, tied
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_73221