Voice modifier, raffia covered wooden tube with goat hair tassels , used by speaker of "Ge"

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Object Number 48-36-50/7306

Display Title Voice modifier, raffia covered wooden tube with goat hair tassels , used by speaker of "Ge"

Descriptions

Object Description Voice modifier, raffia covered wooden tube with goat hair tassels , used by speaker of "Ge"

Inventory Description Whistle, fiber covered wood tube, perforated slit, goat hair on ends

Classification

Shaft, modified
Percussion

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mano

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Materials Hair, Fiber, Resin, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 33 x 14.5 x 2.2 cm (13 x 5 11/16 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48-36-50/7306

Provenance

Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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