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Lyre

Body made from a section of a gourd and the arms are capped with antelope horns.

Date:
before 1981
Maker:
Anonymous
Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum
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Place of production:
Africa

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Repository:Royal College of Music Museum

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View the original record:http://museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk/collection/Details/collect/1788

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Africa