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whistle

Whistle; made of pottery; in the form of animal; tubular body, head with long snout, pointed ears, circles just below ears, hands resting on circles, circle on top of head between ears, small lumps of pottery for hair; body painted with white and black stripes, fingers black, snout white, nostrils and mouth red, eyebrows black, pupils black, eyes white, hair white, white around outside of ears, circle between ears white; mouthpiece out back of head; holes in circles on sides of head.

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