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Bamboo tube zither - with strings cut from skin of tube itself
Bamboo tube zither - with strings cut from skin of tube itself
Object Number 40-2-60/6118
Display Title Bamboo tube zither - with strings cut from skin of tube itself
Descriptions
Inventory Description Zither, bamboo tube, strings cut from outer layer of tube
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mnong Rolum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Vietnam
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina: Annam
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 83.4 x 8.8 x 9 cm (32 13/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-2-60/6118; PM 458 / GGIE / NWC 37

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