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Object Number 67-9-50/201
Display Title Guitar - bow lute
Descriptions
Inventory Description String instrument, zigzag and linear carved wood body, wicker and stick neck
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 76.2 x 14 x 10.9 cm (30 x 5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 201/ Presented by Capt. George D. Mackey/ H.G. from Congo/Africa
Provenance
Collector Capt. George D. MacKay
Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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