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Top of Whistle (Nsiba)

Culture: Kongo (Vili subgroup)
Medium: Wood, glass, lead, applied materials
Possible Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions: 9 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (22.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 22.104
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Overall, 22.104_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Dark brown figure of a man. Staff head or knife handle carved in form of seated man with European top hat and pigtail coiffure, bottle in right hand and European-shaped tumbler in left hand. Glass eyes. CONDITION: Fair.

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