Whistle
AF952
From: Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF952 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Skin |
| Description | Wooden. Partly covered with skin. Whistled are worn suspended from the neck by most of these tribes. Some have one or more stops and are capable oof giving several musical notes. Their principal use to call up the dogs hunting. |
| Length | 13.5 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 479 - Other Number |
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