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1938.34.7.1

25 bar xylophone, wooden resonator carved with human forms and floral designs, two red tassels tied to each end. The two strikers for this object are 1938.34.7 .2 and 1938.34.7 .3 [CAR 20/10/2008]

1938.34.7.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
25 bar xylophone, wooden resonator carved with human forms and floral designs, two red tassels tied to each end. The two strikers for this object are 1938.34.7 .2 and 1938.34.7 .3 [CAR 20/10/2008]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1911
Date collected
By 1911
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Teak Wood Plant, Material String, Material Pigment, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Varnish, Process Carpentered, Process Painted, Process Carved, Process Tied, Process Stitched, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Height: max 545 mm, Width: max 405 mm, Length: max 1050 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.7.1

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Xylophone

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