Bone charm (?), mouth harp (?)

Museum number:
11-37018
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Accession number:
Acc.1499
Description:
Bone charm with crude geometric designs with two back bones attached by string. “Jew’s harp”
Donor:
Lady Rachel Clelland and University Appropriation
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Melanesian and New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms and Jew's harps
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bone charm (?), mouth harp (?), accession number 11-37018, described as Bone charm with crude geometric designs with two back bones attached by string. “Jew’s harp”Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bone charm (?), mouth harp (?), accession number 11-37018, described as Bone charm with crude geometric designs with two back bones attached by string. “Jew’s harp”

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