Music bow and tapper

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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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