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Object Number
67-10-50/414
Display Title
Musical instrument
Descriptions
Object Description
Musical instrument (harp). See conservation for additional description.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden string instrument, jide cover, fiber string, carved bird head.
Classification
- String
Department
Ethnographic
Date
18th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sierra Leone
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa
Dimensions
Overall: 72 x 15.5 x 13.3 cm (28 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
67-10-50/414; 414; 54-G
Credit Line
Gift of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1867
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Boyd
(1800)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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