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Wooden whistles for protection against "evil eye"
Wooden whistles for protection against "evil eye"
Object Number 40-24-50/5049
Display Title Wooden whistles for protection against "evil eye"
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden whistles for protection against "evil eye" - one smooth, one rough and crude
Inventory Description Carved wood whistles, tubular, punctate and perforated, 2 strung on veg fiber
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zande
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Tambura, near
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber string
Dimensions Overall: 5.7 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm (2 1/4 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/5049

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