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Xylophone
Object Number 27-35-50/B4305
Display Title Xylophone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Xylophone?, C-shaped wood frame, wood slats straw skirt vegetable matter bundle
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fang
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern; Metat Region
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Vegetable material
Dimensions Overall: 63 x 63 x 6.8 cm (24 13/16 x 24 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 27-35-50/B4305

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