Object class: Chordophones (stringed instruments) / Materials: Skin (collagenous material)

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

Museum number:: 5-6641
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Bowl lyres
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: sound box— width 25 centimeters, sound box— length 33 centimeters, length 60 centimeters, width 49 centimeters, and sound box— height 10 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: November 1966

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

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