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Native violin and bow
Object Number 56-28-20/19778
Display Title Native violin and bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Entertainment device, violin with 1 string, with bow strung with horse hair
Classification
  • Entertainment device
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Seri
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Tabasco
Central America / Mexico / Sonora
Additional Geographic Terms Punta Chueca
Materials Wood, Horsehair, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 8.5 x 6 cm (22 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 56-28-20/19778; (illegible) Island, made by Jesus Morales, Seui, Medicine man (o

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