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Object Number 21-28-50/B2777
Display Title Flute
Descriptions
Object Description Flute
Inventory Description Flute, reed, tubular, curved, perforated, resin at both ends, ring insert at one
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Reed, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 58.5 x 2.5 cm (23 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B / 2777

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