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Hunter's Pendant Whistle

CultureYaka
Date1900-1930
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 2 × 2 inches (16.51 × 5.08 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineAcquired through The Nelson Gallery Foundation Funds, Van Keppel Primitive Fund, and W. W. Baker Fund
Object numberF84-14
On View
Not on view
Collections
Provenance

With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, no. FC3238, by 1984 [1];

Purchased from Félix by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1984.

NOTES:

[1] According to Marc Leo Félix, in documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files, this whistle was “collected in situ.”

Published References
Calendar of Events (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, October 1984), cover, 2, (repro.).
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