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Object Number
49-14-50/8054
Display Title
Bamboo banjo (lipango)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Lipango
Inventory Description
Stringed instrument, cane stalks, vegetable fiber strings/bindings, wood frets
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials
Cane, Vegetable fiber string, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 12.4 x 2.6 cm (15 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8054
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