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Object Number
37-126-50/3219
Display Title
Small wooden whistle said to be worn about the neck to call others, especially
Descriptions
Object Description
Small wooden whistle said to be worn about the neck to call +
Inventory Description
Ornament, horn with resin added for form, perforated, shell decor, braided fiber
Classification
- Raw Material
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kridi
- Kirde
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa; Cameroon, north
Materials
Horn, Shell, Vegetable fiber, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 12.5 x 3 x 2.9 cm (4 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-126-50/3219
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| 37-126-50/3218 | Small wooden whistle said to be worn about the neck to call others, especially i |
Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.29.11512 | Youth carrying whistle around neck to call people |
Africa
| ||
| 86-46-10/A4003 | Broken whistle or "Turkey Call" |
Shaft, modified
|
Turpin Homestead Site; Ohio State Site # 33HA28 (105; 19)
| |
| 17-41-50/B1600 | Call whistle, mask |
Unclassified
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1616 | Ivory call whistle |
Whistle
|
Congo
| |
| 2004.24.26488 | Four carvings: two fetishes, ivory figure, and call whistle |
Africa
| ||
| 35-120-10/5194 | String of beads worn about the neck by women; also used as money |
Necklace
|
Nevada
| |
| 17-55-70/D1048 | Omen bird call |
Whistle
|
Mindanao
| |
| 22-2-50/B3484 | "Sebi" wooden war and call horn |
Unclassified
|
Cameroon
| |
| 40-24-50/5032 | Water buck horn blown to make game sleep and to call people with nets |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 37-32-50/2529 | Charm made from a tusk, woven fiber cap, cowrie shells + button - said to be pow |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 04-19-70/63237 | Bird call |
Whistle
|
Borneo
Borneo |