| Native Name | Ku-Tze |
| Object Number | A904 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo |
| Description | Linked Tube Pigeon Whistle (聯筒鴿哨 liantong geshao). Attached to the tail of carrier pigeon. It consists of five thin, brown, bamboo cylinders aligned side-by-side. Middle bamboo broken. The graph 忠 is inscribed on the bottom of the largest cylinder.The whistles marked with the character 忠 are all from the Dongcheng district in Beijing (東城區 ). Pigeon whistles marked with this character have become very rare. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | A-171 - Seder Number |
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