whistle
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.256
- Description
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Whistle; made of pottery; in the form of animal; tubular body, head with long snout, pointed ears, circles just below ears, hands resting on circles, circle on top of head between ears, small lumps of pottery for hair; body painted with white and black stripes, fingers black, snout white, nostrils and mouth red, eyebrows black, pupils black, eyes white, hair white, white around outside of ears, circle between ears white; mouthpiece out back of head; holes in circles on sides of head.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 13 centimetres
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Width: 11.50 centimetres
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Depth: 11 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- 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
- Am1978,15.256
