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Hearst Museum object titled Bow-harp, accession number 5-6639, described as Stringed musical instrument (ennanga); half oval-shaped wood sound box covered with skin; 1 sound hole; lacquered wood tail piece insert; curved neck of lacquered wood with eight adjustable pegs and 8 banana leaf/lizard skin rings below pegs; eight strings.
Hearst Museum object titled Cat skin, accession number 5-1895c, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7655, described as Drum with pegs; slender carved wood hollow body drum with stretched animal skin top; wooden pegs used to tighten skin top; H. 41 cm D. 17 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-6641, described as bowl lyre; traditional lyre shape; top and side pieces straight solid cylindrical sticks; wood sound box with sound table of reptile skin; back covered with goat hide; skin lacing; 1 sound hole; 8 twisted gut strings.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-14366, described as Skirt. Triangular piece of cowhide decorated with varicolored glass beads. Thong tie. Length down center is 107 centimeters. Context of use: married woman's skirt.
Hearst Museum object titled Tube fiddle, accession number 5-6638a-c, described as plant and hide instrument, handle and string, and bow; (b) neck of unworked solid wood cylinder inserted through one end of hollow sound cylinder; wooden peg inserted in hole through other end; (a) one end of sound cylinder covered with skin, other end open; 1 string of twisted native fiber; (c) bow of stick with attached string.

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