Horn

About this object

History of use

Identified As Tlha'sala whistle by Boas, 1895, fig, 196. Identified as Tlha'sala horn by Holm, 1972, p. 32.

Cultural context

ceremonial

Physical description

A double hollow, bottle-shaped, brown wood horn that is circular in cross section with a neck tapering to a square, beak-like mouthpiece. Bound with white twine and green twine in two sections, the former being around near the smaller end while the latter being around near the wider end.