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Object Number
31-29-30/K147
Display Title
Musical instrument; stringed with gourd sound box
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stringed instrument with gourd sound chamber incised and decorated with brass ta
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Dominica
Additional Geographic Terms
West Indies
Materials
Gourd, Wood, Hide, Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 104 x 22 x 29 cm (40 15/16 x 8 11/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
K147
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Frederic H. Curtiss
(ca. 1895)
Donor
Mr. Frederic H. Curtiss
(1931)
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