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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:
sound box— length 28 centimeters, length 74 centimeters, height 8 centimeters, and width 19 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