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Signal whistle

Bamboo container with lid. A pattern is carved into the bamboo in three area, around the top and bottom sections of the lid and the top section of the bottom. There is a small and of plaited rattan below this carved section. Attached with yellow cotton string is a signal whistle made from wood. The signal whistle has small incised patterns on the boulbous section.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Höhe x Durchmesser: 31,5 x 5,5 cm (amboo cantainer)
Höhe: 17 cm (signal whistle)
Material/Technique
Bamboo, Cotton, Wood, Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 21937

Provenance and sources

where
Indonesia [Land]
Lesser Sunda Islands [Inselgruppe]
Southwest Timor [Insel/Region]

who
Jacobsen, Johan Adrian - Collectors

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