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Mouthpieces of a shawm made from blades of grass

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Hausa (Haussa)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 1,5 cm
Height: 6,8 cm
Depth: 1,5 cm
Width: 6,5 cm
Material/Technique
Blade of grass, Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12289

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    who
    Hausa (Haussa)
  • Collecting
    who
    Gaston Thierry (1866-07-17 - 1904-09-16) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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