whistle
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.255
- Description
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Whistle; made of pottery; in the form of Death; head and round body, arms pointed up; rests on two front legs and mouthpiece at back; hole just above mouthpiece; painted white with black markings; mouthpiece unpainted. Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 11.50 centimetres
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
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Depth: 5 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.255
