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String instrument, wood body, reptile skin head, 8 strings, crossbar with animal
String instrument, wood body, reptile skin head, 8 strings, crossbar with animal
Object Number 07-13-50/72330
Display Title String instrument, wood body, reptile skin head, 8 strings, crossbar with animal
Descriptions
Inventory Description String instrument, wood body, reptile skin head, 8 strings, crossbar with animal
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Entebbe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Entebbe; North shore Lake Victoria; Nyanza
Materials Wood, Reptile skin, Animal hide, Animal hair, Sinew, Vegetable fiber, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 51 x 12 cm (23 5/8 x 20 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 07-13-50/72330; Peab. 19 / Wasoga / Lyre

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