Bird calls made from nut shells "njok dikwai" used for frankolins

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Object Number 22-2-50/B3487

Display Title Bird calls made from nut shells "njok dikwai" used for frankolins

Descriptions

Inventory Description Whistle, 2 hollowed nutshells, 1 not hollowed

Classification

Fishing and trapping

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Basa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern

Materials Nutshell

Dimensions Overall: 3 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 3

Label on object 22-2-50/B3487

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	2006.18.1.1.16	Samuel Putnam negatives, New Guinea. Laro working in a field; directly west of Homoak; stands and calls to someone	Documentary	New Guinea
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