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Object Number
49-14-50/8076
Display Title
Hand piano - wooden sounding box with metal keys.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Malimba
Object Description
Hand piano - wooden sounding box with metal keys.
Inventory Description
Thumb piano, carved wood box withmetal tines, half gourd withpegged hide rim
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 7.7 x 3.7 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
49-14-50/8076
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