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Whistle, "lufarah"
Object Number 14-12-50/85494
Display Title Whistle, "lufarah"
Descriptions
Object Description Whistle, "lufarah"
Inventory Description Unclassified, wood tube, resinous bulbed end with 3 cowrie shells, skin shaft
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fung
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Materials Resin, Wood, Cowrie, Skin
Dimensions Overall: 14.8 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm (5 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-12-50/85494 & [65]

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