- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flat-bar zither [JID 6/1/2020]
- Geographical reference
- Zanzibar
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921
- Date collected
- ?January 1921
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Height: max 180 mm, Width: max 180 mm, Length: max 490 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.34.574
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Zither
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