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Object Number 30-36-50/B4862
Display Title Native stringed instrument
Descriptions
Inventory Description String instrument, 1/2 gourd body with skin head, wood shaft and pegs, veg fiber
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Dimensions Overall: 81.4 x 26.8 x 23 cm (32 1/16 x 10 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B\4862 & 54-26
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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