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Object Number 31-22-50/B5026
Display Title Wooden hunter's whistle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whistle, carved wood, attached to twisted leather cord, glass beads/metal coil
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Luba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Dimensions Overall: 5.6 x 3.6 x 1.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 31-22-50/B5026

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