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Object Number
30-32-50/B4610
Display Title
Epaango, (mouth harp)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
String instrument, rows of bamboo veg fiber string (6) and bindings, wood frets
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mwaya
- Wanyakusa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
/
Mwaya
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Bamboo, Vegetable fiber, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 41.6 x 9.2 x 1.4 cm (16 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B-4610
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-19-70/63121 | Mouth harp |
String
|
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String
|
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| |
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String
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 13-24-60/D2162 | Mouth harps |
String
|
Assam
| |
| 08-36-70/74404 | Mouth harp case |
String
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto | |
| 13-24-60/85155 | Mouth harp |
String
|
Upper Burma
| |
| 36-105-70/434 | Mouth harp of wood |
Tools
|
New Guinea
| |
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Tools
|
Village of Kowel
| |
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|
Papua New Guinea
| |
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Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
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String
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 96-25-70/49414 | Mouth harp |
Tools
|
Papua New Guinea
|