Haida whistle or squawker (NMNH E88880)

In this video, Master Tsimshian artist John Hudson of Metlakatla, Alaska, talks briefly about a Haida whistle or squawker from the National Museum of Natural History collection (E88880). He studied and photographed it during a collections research trip through the Artist Leadership Program of the National Museum of the American Indian. This heritage piece was made by a Haida artist in village of Masset, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) and was collected in 1883. To see the collection record and additional photos, click this link.
Photo by John C. Hudson, courtesy of John C. Hudson