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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. Bow-harp

Museum number:: 5-6639
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Arched harps
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 74 centimeters, width 19 centimeters, height 8 centimeters, and sound box— length 28 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: December 1966

5. Bridge

Museum number:: 5-6638b
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: February 1967

6. Fiddle

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

7. Fiddle

Museum number:: 5-2934a,b
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Fiddles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Jos market, Jos, Nigeria

8. 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

9. Gourd string instrument

Museum number:: 5-11817
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

10. Gourd string instrument

Museum number:: 5-11815
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972