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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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