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Object Number
34-49-50/294
Display Title
Ivory whistle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Whistle, hollow, elongated tube with carved scoop and slit, perforated at end
Classification
- Whistle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
- Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm (5 1/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-49-50/294
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