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  • Object[167]
  • no[90]
  • yes[77]
  • no[167]
  • african[167]
  • bell[19]
  • bow[2]
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  • drum peg[4]
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  • fiddle[2]
  • finger piano[1]
  • flute[7]
  • footed drum[1]
  • game board[2]
  • gong[6]
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  • harp[22]
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  • musical bow[2]
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  • rattle[14]
  • resonator[1]
  • shield[1]
  • signal gong[1]
  • slit drum[5]
  • spoon[1]
  • trumpet[2]
  • wambee[1]
  • whistle[32]
  • xylophone[1]
  • xylophone fragment[1]
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  • africa[4]
  • angola[17]
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  • bangala district[3]
  • belgian congo[42]
  • boyoma falls[1]
  • cameroon[21]
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  • gabon[42]
  • irumu[2]
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  • kasai district[47]
  • kawe[1]
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  • northeastern zaire[4]
  • northern congo[2]
  • northern zaire[1]
  • ogave river[10]
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  • south congo[1]
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  • sudan[1]
  • west africa[1]
  • west central africa[4]
  • zaire[38]
  • ambundu[7]
  • azande[1]
  • babundu[2]
  • badinga[2]
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  • bakete[3]
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  • balega[1]
  • baluba[13]
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  • banandi[1]
  • bangala[6]
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  • fang[36]
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  • central africa[167]
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  • yes[9]
central africa
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AF700

AF700

Whistle

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30-35-50

30-35-50

Harp

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AF3576

AF3576

Trumpet

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AF583

AF583

Harp

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AF713

AF713

Whistle

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AF706

AF706

Whistle

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AF696

AF696

Whistle

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AF707

AF707

Whistle

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AF697

AF697

Whistle

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AF720

AF720

Whistle

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81-11-69

81-11-69

Harp

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AF235

AF235

Rattle

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AF712

AF712

Whistle

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29-59-100

29-59-100

Fiddle

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AF714

AF714

Whistle

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AF788

AF788

Bell

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97-18-31

97-18-31

Harp

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8754

8754

Drumstick

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29-59-87

29-59-87

Slit Drum

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91-13-44

91-13-44

Drum

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29-59-103

29-59-103

Whistle

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AF45

AF45

Harp

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AF718

AF718

Whistle

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AF705

AF705

Whistle

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AF695

AF695

Whistle

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81-11-67

81-11-67

Harp

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29-59-90

29-59-90

Rattle

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29-59-89

29-59-89

Rattle

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AF717

AF717

Whistle

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AF236

AF236

Rattle

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AF3680

AF3680

Gong

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AF708

AF708

Whistle

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