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Object Number
22-2-50/B3609
Display Title
Harp; multiple fragments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
String instrument, pole w/ bark strings bound w/ veg fiber, wood key, gourd fra
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Dimensions
Overall: 130 x 12.5 x 5.8 cm (51 3/16 x 4 15/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
B-3609
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-78-50/6050 | One harp with open membrane covered sounding box |
String
|
Uganda
| |
| 30-2-50/B4897 | Mvet (harps) with good resonance |
Musical
|
Cameroon
| |
| 38-23-50/3289 | Gourd harp |
String
|
Liberia
| |
| 30-36-50/B4863 | Harp |
String
|
Liberia
| |
| 29-76-50/H950 | Harp |
String
|
Liberia
| |
| 27-43-50/B4374 | Harp |
String
|
Liberia
| |
| 30-32-50/B4610 | Epaango, (mouth harp) |
String
|
Mwaya
| |
| 34-28-50/227 | Large harp |
String
|
Abyssinia
| |
| 19-29-50/B2105 | Harp |
String
|
Uganda
| |
| 19-29-50/B2104 | Harp |
String
|
Kenya
| |
| 30-2-50/B4897.1 | Mvet (harps) with good resonance |
Musical
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3413 | Basa harp |
String
Raw Material |
Cameroon
|