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Object Number 61-35-50/10462
Display Title 2 Carved gourd musical instruments, approx. 17" long
Descriptions
Inventory Description Instruments, gourd, incised linear deco., perforations, hole at top, 1 w/ fibe
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms North Africa
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 44.2 x 10.1 x 10.4 cm (17 3/8 x 4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 61-35-50/10462
Provenance
Collector Lansing Colton Holden Jr. (1920)
Donor Donated by Mrs. Frank Webster (1961)

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