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Object Number 20-33-40/D1595
Display Title Whistle or flute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flute, carved wood, joined double mouth piece, split into two ends, burned, inci
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Yugoslavia / Bosnia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 27.2 x 5 x 2.1 cm (10 11/16 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1595, Bos. Kostainica. / 22/14/88. 91-Q / 148h

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