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1942.13.1011

Lamellaphone

1942.13.1011

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Collection type: Object
Description: Lamellaphone
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carpentered, Process Nailed, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length: max 324 mm, Width: max 130 mm, Height: max 115 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1011 Other numbers: 5088

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Lamellophone

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