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Object Number 32-61-50/B5183
Display Title Musical bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, curved, tied w/ twisted fiber string, 1/2 gourd, cracked, w/ wood toggle
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Merina
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Madagascar
Dimensions Overall: 152.5 x 8.6 x 10 cm (60 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B\5183 & 184532

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