Whistle
AF698
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF698 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Wooden whistle, opening at mouth piece end, above hole on right side there is a small hole. Carved face at top end. There is a hole on either side of carved face, through this hole there is a twisted fiber rope, ends knotted together. Two small knots 4cm apart on fiber.See AF947. |
| Length | 9.3 cm |
| Width | 2.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 443 - Collector Number | A unknown - Seder Number |
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