Whistle. Carved from wood. The whistle is flat and roughly rectangular with one of the short ends slightly concave, this end is closed. The whistle is hollowed, towards the closed end there is a perforation through the whistle. The wood is red/brown in colour. [AB [OPS Move] 2/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Whistle. Carved from wood. The whistle is flat and roughly rectangular with one of the short ends slightly concave, this end is closed. The whistle is hollowed, towards the closed end there is a perforation through the whistle. The wood is red/brown in colour. [AB [OPS Move] 2/2/2017]
Geographical reference: Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil; Tocantins and Rio de Sono Rivers Northern Coias Province
Cultural groups: Xerente
Person: Field collector David Henry Peter Maybury-Lewis; PRM source David Henry Peter Maybury-Lewis
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1957
Date collected: By 1957
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1957
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Perforated, Process Hollowed, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 13 mm, Width: max 29 mm, Length: max 65 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1957.2.26B

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