whistle;
toy
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.552
- Description
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Whistle; made of varnished pottery; in the form of three-headed animal; three prongs for base (one is mouthpiece), round body, three heads on top, outside two heads with single horn between ears, mouths on two open, hole just above mouthpiece; painted with oil-based paint, orange with red markings, black eyes.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 13 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 7.50 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
- Am1978,15.552
