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Object Number 37-38-70/843.2
Display Title Wooden xylophone - 3 pieces
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden xylophone - 3 wooden xylophone bars with graded pitch sequence; lowest pitch produced by longest bar, highest pitch produced by shortest bar.
Inventory Description Musical instrument, hollow bamboo tube, three square perforations
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 138 x 3 x 2 cm (54 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-38-70/843; Mus. of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. No. / n. 67

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