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Object Number 34-34-50/265
Display Title Clay whistle used by country devil
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic whistle, cylidnrical, brown and black, embedded metal ring.
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 5 x 4.6 cm (3 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-34-50/265
Provenance
Collector Alfred J. Tulk (1933)
Donor Donated by Alfred J. Tulk (1934)

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