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1. Bow

Museum number:: 5-4691b
Culture or time period:: Amhara
Object class:: Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Frederick C. Gamst
Collection place:: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Collection date:: 10/65

2. Bow for playing stringed instrument

Museum number:: 5-11819
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

3. Bow for playing stringed instrument

Museum number:: 5-11818
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

4. Fiddle and bow

Museum number:: 5-2932a-d
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Amulets, Fiddles, and Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

5. Instrument and bow

Museum number:: 5-2624a,b
Culture or time period:: Luchaze
Object class:: Chordophones (stringed instruments) and Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia

6. Masenk’o (violin) and bow

Museum number:: 5-4691a,b
Culture or time period:: Amhara
Object class:: Musical bows
Collector:: Frederick C. Gamst
Collection place:: Mercado, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Collection date:: October 1965

7. Musical bow

Museum number:: 5-9898
Culture or time period:: San
Object class:: Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa

8. Open reel audiotape

Museum number:: 24-160
Culture or time period:: Birom and Kagoro of Mali
Object class:: Audio reel tapes and Zithers
Maker or artist:: John Kalabs
Function:: 7.2 Sound Communication
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1961

9. Tube fiddle

Museum number:: 5-6638a-c
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: diameter 11 centimeters, length 51 centimeters, and height 16 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: February 1967

10. Violin and bow

Museum number:: 5-8467a,b
Culture or time period:: Amhara
Object class:: Musical bows and Violins
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: David Solomon
Collection place:: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Collection date:: 1969