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Gourd guitar
Object Number 32-61-50/B5182
Display Title Gourd guitar
Descriptions
Inventory Description String instrument, carved wooden neck, 2 gourd pieces tied together with fiber.
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Merina
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Madagascar
Materials Gourd, Wood, Fiber, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 66.5 x 14 x 15.1 cm (26 3/16 x 5 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-61-50/B5182; 84533

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