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Object Number
49-14-50/8439
Display Title
Banjo of wood, metal and skin Guitara
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Guitara
Inventory Description
Banjo, carved wood neck/pegs, metal body, strings and frets, skin sound board, p
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chewa
- Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Nchisi Mountain
Materials
Wood, Metal, Animal skin, Cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 72.7 x 21.6 x 10.8 cm (28 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8439; BL
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