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Svistul' ka
Flute - Zoomorphic vessel-flute whistle, with internal duct (anal). White body of clay, ?kaolin. Fingerhole on either side of rump. In form of large, floppy- eared quadruped sitting upright, holding between the fore paws a birds nest containing 4 eggs. Frontal aspect painted with yellow wash and tiger-like stripes of red.
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge - Inventory number:
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Europe; Russia; Former Soviet Union; Tula; Philimonovo