Jew's harp
- Museum number
- Oc1944,02.1374
- Description
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Jew's harp made of bamboo and twisted two-ply coconut fibre (coir) cord.
- Production date
- 19th Century (Pre- 1891)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2 centimetres
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Width: 26 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1944
- Acquisition notes
- From a collection made by Admiral Davis as captain of HMS Royalist on a tour of the Pacific Islands in 1890 to 1893, which was sold by Edward Gerrard to Harry Beasley in 1930 and numbered Beasley 2820 to 2558.
Collected on Admiral Davis' second voyage on the HMS Royalist to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, specifically between 3rd June 1891 and 25th August 1891.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1944,02.1374
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 2547 (Beasley catalogue)