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Music bow and tapper
Object Number 23-33-50/B3540
Display Title Music bow and tapper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, ridged along side center, 3 pieces, bark strip wrapped ends
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 59.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm (23 7/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object B3540
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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