FMNH 209184.nosub[1]
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Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | 21-11 | Country Africa | Locality ["Nigeria." crossed out] French Niger Territory Medoua | People Hausa. ["Sudanic" crossed out] Hamitic Stock | Name Musical instrument "Garayah" has two strings- instrument is a skin-covered calabash hemispherical in form, covered with skin- long wooden handle attached. | Collection Frederick H. Rawson- Field Museum Ethnological Expedition to W. Africa W.D. Hambly, Collector | Notes | Width 16 cms. | Length 62 cms | Height | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 209184 | 1820 | Acc. 1849Catalog Number: 209184.nosub[1]Description: luteMaterials: strings, skin, gourd (calabash), woodCultural Attribution: HausaAccession Number: [1849] Frederick H. Rawson-Field Museum Ethnological Expedition to West Africa - Angola and Nigeria - 1929 (Expedition)Accession Year:City/Town: MedowaCollector/Source: Frederick H. Rawson-Field Museum Ethnological Expedition to West Africa - Angola and Nigeria - 1929, W. D. HamblyEMu IRN: 1114497GUID: 646db567-5c9c-467b-82cd-b0e3a6d98fe7
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