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Object Number 34-28-50/227
Display Title Large harp
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stringed instrument, skin body, carved wood frame, fiber strings, horn pick
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Abyssinia
Additional Geographic Terms Ethiopia
Dimensions Overall: 122.8 x 64.5 x 21.5 cm (48 3/8 x 25 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-28-50/227

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