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Music bow and tapper
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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