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Object Number
14-50-30/86820
Display Title
Frog whistles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic whistles, rectangular w/ rounded edges, painted, glazed exterior, nodes.
Classification
- Woodwind
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Arawake
- Taruma?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Guyana
South America / British Guiana
South America / British Guiana
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 6.4 x 6.9 x 3.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
86820
Provenance
Collector
Rev. John W. Ogilvie
(1913 - 1914)
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