Whistle

Museum number:
5-5456
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Alternate number:
128 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Whistle (shingilek) of wood with mastic extension inset with cowrie shells and blue glass beads; loop handle of blue and white glass beads. Length 26 cm.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mudugua, Northern Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mudugua; Mafa tribe (Murdock's 13:39 Mofu [Muffo])
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Collector:
Paul Hinderling
Collection date:
October 1964
Materials:
Cowrie shell, Glass (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
cf. 5-4367; blown at dancing festivals by men.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 5-5456, described as Whistle (shingilek) of wood with mastic extension inset with cowrie shells and blue glass beads; loop handle of blue and white glass beads. Length 26 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 5-5456, described as Whistle (shingilek) of wood with mastic extension inset with cowrie shells and blue glass beads; loop handle of blue and white glass beads. Length 26 cm.

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