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59/383
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This whistle is carved from a hollow bone and is plugged with a wooden stopper. It was used by a shepherd in Sandwich, Kent, for signalling to his dog.
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whistle: wood, bone
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MERL Recording form – ‘Additional information: I bought the whistle about 2 years ago in Porto-bello Road Kensington London from an intelligent & interesting you man who told me that it came from … a lot of miscellaneous objects at a sale at Sandwich. He was interested in it and had enquired about it locally at the time of the sale. He had been told that it was a local shepherd’s whistle used for signalling to a dog.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2934.tif - High resolution image