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Object Number 23-33-50/B3521
Display Title Guitar - 3 string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden guitar, 3 strings, metal fasteners, incised, leather pieces.
Classification
  • String
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 68.5 x 12.5 x 8.5 cm (26 15/16 x 4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3521
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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