Instrument

2010-10-4

From: Madagascar

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2010-10-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Madagascar
Section African
Materials Bamboo | Fiber | Wood
Description

Valiha. Long bamboo cylinder with fiber bands down either end. Body has long vertical slits raised by small pieces of wood (frets). Holes on either end going all the way through. Toggle-shaped wood and fiber attached to one end.

Length 43 cm
Outside Diameter 7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
Other Number 18045 - Other Number | E6239 - Other Number | 1993.X.70 - Other Number

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