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Object Number 35-31-50/1153
Display Title Woman's flute of hollow reed (hikos)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flute, reed, perforated both ends, both ends also covered with black resin
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Reed
Dimensions Overall: 75.5 x 3 x 2.9 cm (29 3/4 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1153

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