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Musical bow
Object Number 94-21-30/51578
Display Title Musical bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick with fiber band held onto tips with cane, wood pin bound to stick in cente
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Materials Wood, Reed, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 101.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm (39 15/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51578 / 94-21-30/51578 / B9:430:C
Provenance
Collector Brazilian Commissioner at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1894)
Donor Brazilian Commissioner at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1894)

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