Instrument

2010-10-3

From: Madagascar

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2010-10-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Madagascar
Section African
Materials Bamboo | Fiber
Description

Valiha. Long bamboo cylinder with fiber bands on both ends. Body has long vertical slits, four are raised by small pieces of wood (frets). Holes at either end going all the way through. One end has section removed with beveling.

Length 65 cm
Outside Diameter 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
Other Number 1993.X.69 - Other Number | 18044 - Other Number

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