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Object Number 17-55-70/D1035
Display Title Mouth harps
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harps, mouth harps, reed fragments, carved and split, pointed one end
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bagobo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Mindanao
Materials Reed
Dimensions Overall: 18.9 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm (7 7/16 x 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object D1035

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