FMNH 221329.B

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-35 | Provenience: Western Liberia- Bapolu area | People or Culture: Mandingo | Object: Xylophone and 2 mallets | Material: wood, gourds, string, cotton, trade cloth, rafia [sic] fiber, rubber like latex, spider egg case covers, bamboo, leather. | Description: 17 key xylophone with 16 gourd resonators of graduated sizes. Carved wooden handles at each end. Mallets consist of cylindrical head of wound rafia [sic] fiber covered with latex mounted on wooden shaft. | Dimensions: (in cm.) A. Length: 94.2; Width: 45.0. B. 25.5 C. 27.1 | (255-03-4) | Collection: Purchased from Dr. Warren L. d' Azevedo, collector, 9/12/67 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221329 | Field No. 161 | Neg. No. A7 | Acc. 2972 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH] Cat. No. 221329
Catalog Number: 221329.B
Description: mallet for marimba
Materials: wood, gourd, string, cotton, cloth, raffia, rubber, spider egg case covers, bamboo, leather
Cultural Attribution: Mandingo
Accession Number: [2972] W. L. d'Azevedo (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1967
Other Numbers: 16 i, A 7
Collector/Source: Warren L. d'Azevedo, Warren L. d'Azevedo
EMu IRN: 1386349
GUID: 0f195cb9-8f12-49a8-b932-06ac8645095c

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