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  • Object[29]
  • no[6]
  • yes[23]
  • no[29]
  • african[29]
  • balafon[1]
  • fiddle[1]
  • gourd[1]
  • harp[6]
  • kora[2]
  • lyre[2]
  • malimba[1]
  • marimba[1]
  • musical instrument[2]
  • rattle[14]
  • stringed instrument[2]
  • xylophone[1]
  • dahomey[1]
  • ghana[6]
  • liberia[3]
  • mali[1]
  • movaudi[1]
  • nigeria[1]
  • senegal[6]
  • senegambia[1]
  • sherbro island[6]
  • sierra leone[12]
  • upper guinea[1]
  • benin[1]
  • mandingo[2]
  • sherbro[1]
  • timne[1]
  • tolokwelli[1]
  • west africa[29]
  • kaballa[1]
  • sitia chiefdom[2]
  • yoni[2]
  • animal hair[1]
  • cane (plant)[5]
  • cowrie[2]
  • fiber[8]
  • glass[1]
  • gourd[29]
  • leather[2]
  • metal[3]
  • seeds[3]
  • shells[1]
  • skin[5]
  • snail shell[1]
  • snakeskin[2]
  • straw[2]
  • string[4]
  • wood[12]
  • wool[2]
  • incised[2]
  • yes[4]
west africa
gourd

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30-35-3

30-35-3

Fiddle

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50-10-2

50-10-2

Harp

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93-9-75

93-9-75

Rattle

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37-22-288A

37-22-288A

Rattle

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AF238A

AF238A

Rattle

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44-14-125

44-14-125

Harp

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AF250

AF250

Harp

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37-22-287

37-22-287

Rattle

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37-22-288B

37-22-288B

Rattle

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65-37-1

65-37-1

Harp

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2003-72-14B

2003-72-14B

Gourd

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2003-72-20

2003-72-20

Kora

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2003-72-21

2003-72-21

Kora

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2003-72-35

2003-72-35

Rattle

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2003-73-1

2003-73-1

Lyre

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30-35-4

30-35-4

Harp

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AF3639

AF3639

Rattle

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93-9-76

93-9-76

Rattle

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93-9-28

93-9-28

Musical Instrument

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93-9-26

93-9-26

Musical Instrument

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93-9-73

93-9-73

Rattle

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93-9-27

93-9-27

Lyre

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AF234

AF234

Rattle

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AF3638

Rattle

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AF4259

Rattle

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AF5336

Harp

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37-22-33A

Rattle

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37-22-33B

Rattle

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AF3599

Xylophone

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