ID: 700000329 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000329	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Deer Call (deer call; Ainu people, 19th century; 19th century; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 17.2157)

Titles:

Deer Call (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

ippaki ni (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

deer call [300411304] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by function>, calls)

Classifications:

music / musical instruments (preferred)

Creation Date: 19th century

Creator Display:

Ainu people, 19th century [preferred,VP]

unknown Ainu (Ainu cultural designation) [500353699]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Hokkaidō [7016529] Hokkaidō (prefecture), Japan (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 17.2157

Credit Line: Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Display Materials: wood, animal skin

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	skin (collagenous material) [300011840]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, collagenous material)

Dimensions: Length 9 cm, width 7 cm, depth 1.6 cm (Length 3 9/16 in., width 2 3/4 in., depth 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

Japanese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Ainu (culture or style) [300262973] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Japanese (culture or style))

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	hunting [300239666]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>, <forest and nature activities>) (AAT)

Provenance: Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Deer Call	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
ippaki ni	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)