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Object Number 22-2-50/B2937
Display Title Wooden whistle "abek"
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden whistle "abek"
Inventory Description Whistle, carved wood cylinder, perforated, resin filled plug at one end
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm (7 11/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B-2937

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