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Object Number 49-14-50/7969
Display Title Iron oval goat bell. Musita
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Musita
Inventory Description Bell, folded, semicircular bell, metal ball clapper, perforated, fiber tie
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials Fiber, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 2.6 x 3 cm (3 7/16 x 1 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/7969

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