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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
Materials
Wood, Skin, Vegetable fiber, Horn
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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