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Object Number
30-65-50/H1191
Display Title
Musical instrument
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stringed instrument, hide body, carved wood supports, fiber strings, perforated
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mangbetu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Faradje and Buta; between
Materials
Wood, Hide, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 45 x 24 x 10 cm (17 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
H1191
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