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Musical instrument
Object Number 27-5-70/D2914
Display Title Musical instrument
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ukeke
Inventory Description Bow, bamboo segment, rectangular, curved, upturned at ends, notched ends, strung twice with twisted fiber cordage
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Bamboo , Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 52.5 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm (20 11/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2914; He Mea Hoohauoli Nona Mea Apam
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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