Recovered from Cleveland Museum of Art

Whistle (kasengosengo)

An open-access work filed through African & Global Heritage and Faces in Time and Objects with Gravity.

Date: before 1915
Culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende-style maker
Medium: wood
Object type: Musical Instrument
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object no.: 131800
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Louise M. Dunn in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jelliffe
Dimensions: 667 × 893 px · portrait
Rooms: African & Global Heritage Faces in Time Objects with Gravity

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Publication file: 667 × 893 px · WebP
Suggested credit: Whistle (kasengosengo) (before 1915). Gift of Mrs. Louise M. Dunn in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jelliffe Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.376

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This small whistle displays a finely detailed head with bi-lobed coiffure similar to Pende masks.

Lupin’s visual index

A detailed wooden sculpture depicts a stylized African figure with intricate facial markings and a woven headdress.

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