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Whistle

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Collection Type

  • Musical instruments

Date

1800 -1899

GUSN

GUSN-8326

Description

Horn whistle with wooden insert and cork ball.

Details

Descriptive Terms

whistles
carving (processes)
lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves
horn (animal material)
Carved
Horn
Whistle

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1992.664 A

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 3/4 (H), 7/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.664

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