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End-blown whistle
Possibly Western Voltaic group
about 1920
Object Place: Possibly Western Burkina Faso
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Length 29.8 cm, width 4.6 cm (Length 11 3/4 in., width 1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.298
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionSlender conical body of dark wood terminating in bulbous head. Base of head has two carved rings, sides have two small holes opposite each other, and top has circular embouchure hole surrounded by carved lips in shape of fish mouth. Lozenge-shaped fingerhole (?) near distal end, and hole with short loop of twined plant fiber. Remnants of bug (?) inside.
ProvenanceBefore 1984, Tony Vacca, Whately, Massachusetts; by 1984, sold by Vacca to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)