- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rounded wooden whistle, one stop, with fibre cord for suspension.
- Geographical reference
- Kasai
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- By 1911
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Perforated, Process Hollowed, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.34.258
Search terms: Music, Flute, Musical Instrument
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