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bow and bridge harp with human head motif
bow and bridge harp with human head motif
Object Number 2004.24.30245
Display Title bow and bridge harp with human head motif
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Music and Sound Communication
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Head
  • Wood
  • Harp
Department Photographic
Date 1982
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sierra Leone
Additional Geographic Terms Kru and Peripheral Mande
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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