Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide vintage puzzle just adding to its aura

just adding to its aura I think

with different arrangements of birds

I've had a few of these coffin-encased carved figures with pop up phalluses over time

it's an oversized match striker

might suggest

Lovely Antique Wood Whistle with Hand-carved Notes on Slide vintage puzzle just adding to its auraFull disclosure I have tried to make this whistle sing, but haven't managed to get a full whistle out of it, though perhaps someone with a better aperture than I could achieve one. Nonetheless, it's a wonderful object beautifully carved form, with a terrific dark dry wood patina. Best of all, pulling out the slide reveals it was notched and carved with the notes of the scale, indicating which note would have been produced by pulling the slide out that