Whistle

Museum number:
5-2322
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1510
Description:
Carved wooden effigy whistle; male (?); with string of white and red beads around neck; three brass tacks down front. Height 9 cm.
Donor:
Margaret Webster-Plass
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mbala (Bambala)
Culture or time period:
Mbala
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 5-2322, described as Carved wooden effigy whistle; male (?); with string of white and red beads around neck; three brass tacks down front. Height 9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 5-2322, described as Carved wooden effigy whistle; male (?); with string of white and red beads around neck; three brass tacks down front. Height 9 cm.

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