Musical instrument

Museum number:
5-1721
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001721
Accession number:
Acc.1407
Description:
One musical stringed instrument with turtle-shell sound-box plus 1 fragment in a bag
Donor:
Julia H. Macleod
Collection place:
Algeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Algeria; Genobri
Culture or time period:
Genobri
Materials:
Turtle shell
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Musical instrument, accession number 5-1721, described as One musical stringed instrument with turtle-shell sound-box plus 1 fragment in a bagHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Musical instrument, accession number 5-1721, described as One musical stringed instrument with turtle-shell sound-box plus 1 fragment in a bagHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Musical instrument, accession number 5-1721, described as One musical stringed instrument with turtle-shell sound-box plus 1 fragment in a bag
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 5-1721, described as One musical stringed instrument with turtle-shell sound-box plus 1 fragment in a bag

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