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musical bow

Musical bow, sextagonal body with rib along each side, cut out of solid wood. Perforated at each end and at the sides. Kneeling human and dog (?) figures carved at upper end. Neck of five sticks bound together with rattan. Wood front pegged on to the body. Five grass strings.

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