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Object Number 2004.24.15501
Display Title Double calabash drum and gourd vessels
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Music and Sound Communication
  • Studio
Subject
  • Decorated
  • Gourd
  • Drum
  • Vessel
  • Calabash
Department Photographic
Date 1941
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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