Tom (lyre)

Shilluk (Colo)?

early 20th Century

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Tom (lyre)
Date: early 20th Century
Geography: South Sudan
Culture: Shilluk (Colo)?
Medium: Wood, hide, wire, rope
Dimensions: 80cm x 40cm x 21cm
Classification: Chordophone-Lyre-plucked
Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Brown III Gift, and Crosby Brown Collection, by exchange, 1990
Object Number: 1990.131.3
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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