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Gourd-resonated suspension xylophone.
Technical description: 18 bars, mounted in curved plane with bass end raised; shortest bar (no. 1) length 455, longest bar (no. 17) length 845. Wooden frame, hide; gourds with spider-nest membrane.
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(Circa 1940) - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Ghana - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.212 Sets of percussion sticks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.212 Sets of percussion sticks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1520
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17458