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1886.1.243.2

Cylindrical zither of bamboo.

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1886.1.243.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cylindrical zither of bamboo.
Geographical reference
Madagascar
Africa > Eastern Africa > Madagascar
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1878
Date collected
By 1878
Acquisition information
Transferred: 28/09/1885
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Split, Process Bound, Process Strung, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length 377 mm, Diameter 45 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.243.2 Other numbers: 243a Other PRM accession number: 1886.1.243a
Research and responses

This object is not mentioned in Collectors Miscellaneous XI Accession Book entry - Ramsden coll pages 223 - 255 nor in Collectors VII Ramsden [AP 21/7/99]

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Zither

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