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When this African instrument was acquired shortly before 1900 it generated much discussion among musical instrument scholars and anthropologists of the day. It was recognized that African influences were found in coastal areas where plantations were established but to find a West African instrument so far in the American interior was exceptional.
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Title: Mvet
Date: late 19th century
Geography: Peru
Culture: Peruvian (Afro-Peruvian)
Medium: Wood, gourd, strings
Dimensions: 165cm x 22cm x 26cm
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-plucked
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.708
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