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Object Number 39-39-50/4530
Display Title Banjo with 6 strings - holes burnt in sounding board ("inanga")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term inanga
Inventory Description String instrument, oval, shallow wood, slits on ends, cross cut-outs, fiber.
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 24.5 x 5 cm (38 9/16 x 9 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4530

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