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ID number: BIRRC-D0261 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Harp-lute Object type: Musical instrument
Place made: Sierra Leone Culture: Bambara or Mandingo Collector: Danford, John Materials: Kora wood, skin, gut and gourd Measurements: 110 x 40 cm
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From Senegal or Mali. Collected in Sierra Leone between 1967 and 1968. Lent to the University by J. Danford in 1969 and consequently purchased in 1975.
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