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Object Number 21-28-50/B2889
Display Title Musical instrument and bow
Descriptions
Object Description Musical instrument and bow
Inventory Description String instrument, incised gourd body, perforated skin head, hair strung, bow
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hausa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 64 x 25.2 x 12.5 cm (25 3/16 x 9 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object B/2889

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