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Object Number 30-32-50/B4632.2
Display Title Bow-gourd musical instruments
Descriptions
Object Description Bow-gourd musical instruments
Inventory Description Carved wooden bow for string instrument, curved with fiber string.
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wakerewe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Ukerewe
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 7.8 x 0.7 cm (10 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
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