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- unknown Shona maker
- whistle pendant and scraper, late 1800s–1908
- Where object was made: Union of South Africa (present-day South Africa)
- ivory, iron, leather
- Object Length/Width: 8.5 x 7 cm
Object Length/Width: 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in - Gift of Claude D. Brown
- Not on display
- 2007.0848
- unknown Shona maker
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
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This is an ivory whistle and iron scraper strung on a leather cord. The ivory whistle is cylindrical, decorated with bands of triangles made from smaller dark triangles. The scraper is leaf-shaped and the stem is decorated with incised lines on one side.