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Whistle, "lufarah"
Object Number 14-12-50/85495
Display Title Whistle, "lufarah"
Descriptions
Object Description Whistle, "lufarah"
Inventory Description Unclassified, wood tube, resinous bulbed end w/ beans, string wrapped, skin at e
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fung
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Materials Wood, Resin, String, Bean, Skin
Dimensions Overall: 16.2 x 8.5 x 3.3 cm (6 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-12-50/85495 & [68] & 68\Suffara

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