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1933.27.11

5 stringed wooden harp with hide stretched and laced around the resonator. [CAR 25/9/2008]

1933.27.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
5 stringed wooden harp with hide stretched and laced around the resonator. [CAR 25/9/2008]
Geographical reference
Chad
Africa > Central Africa > Chad
N'Djamena
Person
Field collector W.R. Crocker
PRM source W.R. Crocker
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1932
Date collected
circa 1932
Acquisition information
Donated: 1933
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Iron Metal, Material Textile, Process Carpentered, Process Covered, Process Perforated, Process Tied, Process Carved, Process Knotted
Dimensions
Length 460 mm neck, Length 320 mm resonator, Width: max 100 mm resonator
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.27.11

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Harp

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