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Anthropomorphic whistle with facial features, round torso and two round protrusions extending from the sides of the torso. The piece is hollow. 
Chokwe (Chokwe (culture or style))
Whistle
1915 – 1925
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.202
Carved human figure with a columnar torso and neck, and wide shoulders and hips. The limbs of the figure are straight. The head is small with a curved coiffure or headdress. There are small eyes and a mouth on the face. The neck and torso of the figure are wrapped with strings of beads, mostly white or light colored. Each wrist has a strip of leather wrapped around with a fringe hanging down the back. 
Northern Cameroon
Figure
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.341

Tabwa (Tabwa)
Bellows surmounted by human head
1900 – 1987
Gift of Marc Leo Felix, Brussels
1987/1.259
Anthropomorphic whistle with facial features, round torso and two round protrusions extending from the top of the coiffure and from the sides of the torso. The piece is hollow. 
Chokwe (Chokwe (culture or style))
Whistle
1900 – 1971
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.47
With rectangular base, angled support and zigzag carving.
Kenyan
Headrest
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.635

Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Staff
1901 – 1999
Gift of Ousman Berette
1989/1.45
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