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Object Number 30-65-50/H1466
Display Title Xylophone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Xylophone, wood slats, 4 gourds, bent wood frame, cotton wraps, 4 drumsticks.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 69 x 72.5 x 38 cm (27 3/16 x 28 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object H1466

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