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Wooden whistles
Object Number 30-65-50/H1438
Display Title Wooden whistles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whistles, carved wood, perforated, notched, 3 tied together w/veg fiber string
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Belanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Bahr al Ghazal
Additional Geographic Terms Bahr al Ghazal, West; Deim Zebair
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 18.7 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm (7 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H-1438

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