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