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Object Number 33-38-70/159
Display Title Mouth harp
Descriptions
Inventory Description Musical instrument, bamboo or reed, carved split one end, black residue, abraded
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon
Materials Bamboo, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm (20 1/16 x 1 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-38/70 / 159
Provenance
Collector William Cameron Forbes (May 22, 1933)
Donor William Cameron Forbes (May 22, 1933)

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