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Object Number 32-49-50/55
Display Title Ceramic whistle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic whistle, cylindrical, covered with sewn brown leather with red stripe.
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 5 x 3.8 cm (4 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-49-50/55
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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