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Object Number 2000.30.3.1
Display Title Thumb piano
Descriptions
Object Description Thumb piano; forms a set with resonator 2000.30.3.2
Inventory Description Thumb piano, 12 notes, iron keys tied with fiber to wood, cut hole at end
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert; Africa, Southern
Dimensions Overall: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.9 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.30.3.1
Credit Line Gift of DeVore family
Provenance
Collector Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)
Donor Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)

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Thumb Piano
994-21-50/12990 Thumb Piano
Percussion
Botswana
Resonator for Thumb Piano
994-21-50/12990.1 Resonator for Thumb Piano
Unclassified
Botswana
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Percussion
Raw Material
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Percussion
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Percussion
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Thumb piano; carved wood body; perf'd; metal keys & supports
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Percussion
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Thumb piano; carved wood body; perf'd; metal keys & supports
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Percussion
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Percussion
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Percussion
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Percussion
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Percussion
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Percussion
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