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Object Number 30-65-50/H1442
Display Title Stringed instrument and bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Instrument, gourd covered with skin, wooden neck, curved wood bow, fiber
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wadi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Dimensions Overall: 61.8 x 17 x 9.4 cm (24 5/16 x 6 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 30-65-50/H1442

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