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Wooden whistles on string - for luck in hunting
Wooden whistles on string - for luck in hunting
Object Number 40-24-50/4970
Display Title Wooden whistles on string - for luck in hunting
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden whistles on string - for luck in hunting and against thieves and "evil eye"
Inventory Description 5 wood whistles, tubular, 1 end closed, burnt both ends, on wool string
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mberidi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Abu Satta Hills-north of Tambura
Materials Wood, Wool string
Dimensions Overall: 4.9 x 6.1 x 2.3 cm (1 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/4970

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