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Object Number 2004.24.32769A
Display Title Thumb piano
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Instrument
  • Artifact
  • Metal
  • Fiber
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 cm (2 1/4 in.)

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