Xylophone with 2 mallets
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Dec 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 1990 to 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Two mallets about 29 cms long. The handles are wood, the heads are a resin which is now sticky. The frame is made from wood, with uprights attached with dried hide. Several gourd resonators are attached to the base with orange cotton string. There are 20 wooden bars of different lengths to create different tones, 20 in all, major scale. The bars are attached using fiber rope.
label: Notes
content: Notes from collector, Allen Davis: Purchased from Affrica Gallery (Mona Gavigan) in DC in 1990s. Xylophone, Senufo? Cote d'Ivoire.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Senufo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2082637
label: USNM Number
content: E435372-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Xylophone
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 112.5 cm
label: Width
content: 48 cm
label: Height
content: 20.5 cm