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Object Number 49-14-50/8057
Display Title Bamboo flute with pyrographic designs and four holes. Lilongwe
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lilongwe
Inventory Description Bamboo flute, 4 burnt fingerholes, solid burnished bands
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 449.8 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (177 1/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8057

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