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Bird call
Object Number 04-19-70/63237
Display Title Bird call
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whistle, cut and perforated bamboo segment, long reed mouthpiece
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Baram
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Materials Bamboo, Reed, Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 157 x 38.4 x 5.5 cm (61 13/16 x 15 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63237

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