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Object Number 98-3-50/51302
Display Title Iron gong
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bells, two conical shaped bells, fiber wrapped connecting bar, no clapper
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo?
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, central: Mobangi River; Ubangi River
Materials Iron, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 21 x 5.4 cm (9 1/16 x 8 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51302

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