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Object Number
969-7-50/11288
Display Title
Wooden musical instrument - in two pieces (banjo type)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stringed musical instrument, sounding board only, carved wood, zoomorphic figure
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hausa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Central West Africa: Nigeria, Northern
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 57.5 x 15.9 x 8.5 cm (22 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
[967 crossed out] 969-7-50/11288
Provenance
Collector
Capt. George Abbot
(1870)
Donor
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
(1969)
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