Wooden notched whistle. It is roughly lozengiform in cross-section and hollow. The roughly rectangular mouthpiece is deeply notched, below this is a tapered section with two stops at two lateral projection. The whistle terminates in a rectangular piece with a stop at the end. [JC [OPS Move] 26/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden notched whistle. It is roughly lozengiform in cross-section and hollow. The roughly rectangular mouthpiece is deeply notched, below this is a tapered section with two stops at two lateral projection. The whistle terminates in a rectangular piece with a stop at the end. [JC [OPS Move] 26/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Perforated, Process Notched, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 287 mm, Depth: max 34 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1036 Other numbers: 120647

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