Small whistle

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Description

ivory, tribe-typical circle ornament, min. dam., traces of abrasion, small missing parts, fine cracks through age, base;
Lega whistles were used during “bwami” initiations and they may be blown to prevent rainfall.

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Comparing literature

Cogdell, Jacqueline, Turn up the Volume! University of California 1999, p. 307, ill. 90

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