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Wooden whistle for calling dogs when hunting or signalling people
Wooden whistle for calling dogs when hunting or signalling people
Object Number 34-49-50/300
Display Title Wooden whistle for calling dogs when hunting or signalling people
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whistle, carved wood, ridged, skin and fur band, vegetable fiber loop/end wrap
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Bantu speaking peoples
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Skin, Fur, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 25.8 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (10 3/16 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-49-50/300

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