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Object Number 08-25-50/73644
Display Title Mandoline and mandoline slide
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stringed instrument, wood sound board w/hide cover, fiber strings, incised, perf
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mombasa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya
Dimensions Overall: 86.8 x 18.5 x 11 cm (34 3/16 x 7 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-25-50/73644

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