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Object Number 37-98-70/843.2
Display Title Wooden xylophone - 3 pieces
Descriptions
Indigenous Term doli
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 Wooden stick, segmented bamboo, three notches
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 140.9703 × 2.54 × 2.54 cm (55 1/2 × 1 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/843.2 ; 37-98-70/841
Provenance
Collector Dr. Barbara Lawrence

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