IDENTIFIERS
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id:	165659
accession number:	M.4-2008

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: gold with engraved decoration, bound round the cylindrical barrel with maroon leather wrapped with brass (?) wire, and having at the top a suspension ring
title:	whistle

NOTES
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type: history note
value: A family heirloom of the Austin family, who emigrated to Barbados in 1629 and subsequently became plantation owners; by descent to Jean Ivey Cambell Bruce Austin, MA


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Jean I.C.B. Austin, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/165659


SUBJECTS
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Barbados



CATEGORIES
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category: gold

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 4.7

dimension: Width
value: 1.3