FMNH 209828.nosub[1]

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History | 22-35 | Country West Africa Victoria | Locality | People Bakwiri Sudanic Negro Stock | Name Musical notched stick. Cylindrical stem of a monocotolydenous plant, hollow, with partitions at the nodes A. B. C. Therefore the sections ["AB" crossed out] AC, AB, give resonance when a stick is rubbed along the small grooves that are cut at a, b, c etc. | Collection Presented by Mrs. Laura C. Boulton, 1934. (do., collector) | Notes | Width 5 cm diameter | Length 72 cms | Height | Price Value $ 5 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 209828 | Orig. No. 21 | [ILLUSTRATION] A C B -a -b -c | Acc. 2084
Catalog Number: 209828.nosub[1]
Description: rasp
Materials: plant
Cultural Attribution: Bakwiri
Accession Number: [2084] L. C. Boulton (Gift)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: 21
City/Town: Victoria
Collector/Source: Laura C. Boulton, Laura C. Boulton
EMu IRN: 1115063
GUID: 8ae2ecf8-b6fa-408e-a531-729e0cf1c066

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