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Whistle, Mossi


Whistle
Mossi, Burkina Fasso
Wood, leather
10" high
Early 20th century
Unusual tactile constraint is placed on this whistle with leather wrapping; these were used by hunters in the bush to communicate without advertising that they were human predators.


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Mossi whistle back
Mossi whistle, side

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