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Object Number
23-33-50/B3541
Display Title
Music bow and tapper
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Porcupine quill
Classification
- Quill
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Porcupine quill
Dimensions
Overall: 23.3 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (9 3/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B3541
Provenance
Collector
William C. Bell
(before 1923)
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