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Object Number 998-25-50/12961
Display Title Musical instrument
Descriptions
Object Description Musical instrument, stringed; missing resonator
Inventory Description Musical instrument, stringed, carved triangular wood frame, 5 fiber strings
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Date 1920-1924 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 37 x 44.6 x 3.7 cm (14 9/16 x 17 9/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-25-50/12961
Credit Line Gift of Bertram J. and Ruth S. Malenka
Provenance
Collector Harold E. Manley (1920-1924)
Donor Bertram J. Malenka (1960 ca. - 12/24/98)

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