Antique Book Shaped Slide Whistle with Surprise Heart and Scale, Working Beautifully Teppich represents a male fantasy of

represents a male fantasy of doing both simultaneously

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In addition to all that is viscerally satisfying about it as a sculptural object now

which I found box-less (as is usually the case) but have placed in a nice old small handmade slide top box that seems a perfect fit and will keep them safe and sound

Antique Book Shaped Slide Whistle with Surprise Heart and Scale, Working Beautifully Teppich represents a male fantasy ofTruly a wonderful thing. Shaped like a book, at first I thought this was an old spruce gum box always something to get excited about! but then I saw the hole (called a fipple, I've learned) at the base of spine side, and the carved knob at the top, and I realized it might be an extra beautiful slide whistle. Once I had it out of the case at the shop where I spotted it, I discovered to my great delight that the slide was carved out with a big heart