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Signal whistle

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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 31,5 cm
Diameter: 5,5 cm
Depth: 17 cm
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

  • Production
    where
    Indonesia
    Lesser Sunda Islands
    Southwest Timor
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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