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Object Number
30-37-50/B4895
Display Title
Ngombe (musical stringed instrument)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
String instrument, carved wood pegs, body, and neck withhuman face, bark cover
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Fang
- Ntum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern; French Gaboon Border
Materials
Wood, Bark, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 13.4 x 11 cm (26 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B/4895
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