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Object Number
49-14-50/8074
Display Title
14 bamboo whistles. Piringi
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Piringi
Inventory Description
Reed whistles, bound w/ vegetable fiber, perforated, burnished deco, resin 1 end
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials
Bamboo, Vegetable fiber string
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm (5 1/2 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
12
Label on object
49-14-50/8074
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