Thumb Piano

Unidentified maker (Cameroon)

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collected 1972

Wood

Overall: 13 × 6 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (33 × 17.5 × 7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Henry and Gretchen Homeyer, Class of 1968

173.30.25565

Geography

Place Made: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Collected in Bambui, Cameroon by Peace Corp volunteers Grechen Lee Goodale (1948-1996) and Henry Homeyer, 1973; given to present collection, 1973.

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