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Wooden hand piano
Object Number 60-25-50/10399
Display Title Wooden hand piano
Descriptions
Inventory Description Thumb piano, carved wood, flat, 7 wooden keys, attached with fiber
Classification
  • Percussion
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kpwesi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Bassa: Twodo or Twgalo, town of
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 15 x 1.8 cm (9 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-25-50/10399

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