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Object Number
60-25-50/10400
Display Title
Wooden hand piano
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Thumb piano, carved wooden box, 7 wooden keys attached with fiber and resin
Classification
- Raw Material
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kpwesi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms
Bassa: Twodo or Twgalo, town of
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 24.5 x 10 x 4.6 cm (9 5/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
60-25-50/10400
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