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Whistles
Object Number 10-58-30/82742
Display Title Whistles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Reed whistles, 4 small reed tubes tied together w/ string, w/ resin, perforated.
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Reed, Cotton, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 82742
Provenance
Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1910 - 1910)

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