Whistle: wooden whistle, tapering tube, open at the wide end which forms the mouthpiece (syrinx type) & with small stop at the narrow end; partly covered with monitor-skin. [DCF Court Team 12/2/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Whistle: wooden whistle, tapering tube, open at the wide end which forms the mouthpiece (syrinx type) & with small stop at the narrow end; partly covered with monitor-skin. [DCF Court Team 12/2/2003]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Northern Province
Cultural groups: Madi
Person: Field collector Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter; PRM source Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1922
Date collected: 1921 - 1922
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Lizard Skin Reptile, Process Perforated, Process Hollowed, Process Carved, Process Covered
Dimensions: Length: max 120 mm, Length: max 62 mm snakeskin covered section, Diameter: max 4 mm end, Diameter: max 19 mm mouth hole
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.23.8

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