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Object Number 973-16-50/11465
Display Title Tortoise bell, wood clapper, on leather strap
Descriptions
Indigenous Term poli
Inventory Description Bell, tortoise shell, wood clapper, hide/white fur strap
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Dimensions Overall: 45.7 x 13 x 9 cm (18 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-16-50/11465
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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