Research Notes: The Dumas-Egerton Collection, of which this is part, was examined by Hermione Waterfield of Christie's in May 1984; see 'Part of the Nigerian Art Collected by Admiral Sir George Le Cler[c] Egerton on the Benin Expeditionof 1897 on Deposit at Maidstone Museum' (copy in RDF). The entry for this object reads: 'A small whistle for the spirit cult, carved in relief with three snakes, five notched bands above the rim, broken. 10 1/2 in. long.' [JC 19/10/2001 & 23/1/2002]
Archaological / Ethnographic
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Class: Music; Class: Figure
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Object
Related Collections
Related collection: Field diary and photocopy of relevant sections of the collector's personal diary in PRM MS collections.