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Object Number 34-91-50/427
Display Title Banjo
Descriptions
Inventory Description String instrument, leather covered wood box, 4 perforations, wood stick frame, t
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Masai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / Elgongi
Additional Geographic Terms Kenya Colony; Mt. Elgon; region of
Materials Wood, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 43 x 14 cm (23 1/4 x 16 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/427

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