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Object Number 30-65-50/H1187.1
Display Title Hand pianos
Descriptions
Inventory Description Thumb piano, carved wood body, incised designs, metal keys and supports
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mangbetu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Faradje and Buta; between
Dimensions Overall: 20.3 x 11.6 x 4.8 cm (8 x 4 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H1187.1

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