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Object Number
973-16-50/11464
Display Title
Stringed musical instrument, skin-wrapped turtle shell, braided sinew strings
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
goala
Inventory Description
Instrument, leather covered wood base, perforated, triangular frame, fiber strin
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Wood, Leather, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 31 x 15.5 cm (15 3/8 x 12 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-16-50/11464
Provenance
Donor
Robert G. Gardner
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