Whistle

Museum number:
5-4320
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004320
Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Whistle (Kalane-ge [d]) = horn head; antelope horn with modeled end composed of mastic of fig tree sap; L. 25 cm.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whistles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 5-4320, described as Whistle (Kalane-ge [d]) = horn head; antelope horn with modeled end composed of mastic of fig tree sap; L. 25 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 5-4320, described as Whistle (Kalane-ge [d]) = horn head; antelope horn with modeled end composed of mastic of fig tree sap; L. 25 cm.

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