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Object Number 31-23-50/B5070
Display Title Lute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stringed instrument, tortoise shell body, perf./painted front, bamboo shaft, 2 p
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Algeria / <State> / <County> / Algiers
Dimensions Overall: 53.5 x 13.5 x 8.5 cm (21 1/16 x 5 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-5070
Provenance
Donor Mrs. Bettina J. Kahnweiler

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