Musical washboard

Museum number:
5-3040
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003040
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Musical "washboard"; Quasak; made from cactus wood; roughly triangular; series on notches on 2 sides;
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bukuru, Plateau State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Birom; Bukuru
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical washboards
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Musical washboard, accession number 5-3040, described as Musical "washboard"; Quasak; made from cactus wood; roughly triangular; series on notches on 2 sides;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical washboard, accession number 5-3040, described as Musical "washboard"; Quasak; made from cactus wood; roughly triangular; series on notches on 2 sides;

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