Chokwe Whistle

Angola/Democratic Republic of Congo

Mid 20th c

5 1/4 inches high x 1 1/8 inches wide

From an old Belgium collection

$ 750

Inv. # 3184

Chokwe figurative carved whistles were prestige objects belonging to hunters, war chiefs and other people of social rank.  Whistles were used for messages during hunts, war or secret societies.  This whistle represents a chief or ancestor with an ovoid body, horizontal mouthpiece and stylized headdress with a horn.

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