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Object Number
99-12-50/53227
Display Title
Guitar
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Instrument, carved wood, hollow body, perforated tube, human face on top
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sierra Leone
Materials
Wood, Hide, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 46.8 x 12.7 x 11.3 cm (18 7/16 x 5 x 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-50/53227
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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