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ID number:  BIRRC-D0183
Institution:  Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection:  Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts
Artist / Maker:  Unknown
Title / Object name:  Calabash areophone (shantu)
Object type:  Musical instrument
Place made:  Kamo, N. Nigeria
Culture:  Hausa
Date made:  Mid 1970s
Measurements:  62 x 6.5 cm
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With incised and pyrographic banded decoration. Geometric and zoomorphic motifs. Buff and black. Lent to the University by P. Tunley in 1978.

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