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Object Number 08-25-50/73525
Display Title Lyre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stringed instrument, round head covered with lizard skin, 2 sticks, crossbar, fi
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 39.4 x 13.6 cm (24 x 15 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73525
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1907-1908)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1907-1908)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1908)

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