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Object Number 29-57-60/D3348
Display Title Violin
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stringed instrument and bow, carved wood with horse head, skin
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labokh
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Tibet
Dimensions Overall: 57.3 x 10.2 x 7.8 cm (22 9/16 x 4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D3348; D / 3348

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