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xylophone

Register 1939: Composite musical instrument (model?) with eleven cane tubes held in position by screws passed through them at the top and bottom; carved wooden side and end pieces; at the bottom a stand in the form of a fabulous monster, painted red and gold; metal keys terminating in two-headed deer. Model gamelan

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