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Object Number 33-58-70/270
Display Title Mouth harp and bamboo container
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bamboo container and bamboo mouth harp, hollow bamboo tube container, incised black linear and geometric designs on exterior, band of braided rattan near open end, circular wooden plug fits into open end, plug incised with linear and geometric designs, small bamboo mouth harp, paddle-shaped, point at one end, splits at center, resin at end and at center
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kenyah
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo / Sarawak
Oceania / Malaysia
Dimensions Overall (measurement of container): 26.2 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm (10 5/16 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 33-58-70/270

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