Belly Harp
Unidentified Gola maker
about 1964
Wood and string
Overall: 16 9/16 × 16 9/16 × 7 1/2 in. (42 × 42 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of John W. Hosmer, Jr., Class of 1965
169.60.24766
Geography
Place Made: Liberia, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Sister Rachel O.S.H. (Order of St. Helena) (Elizabeth Hosmer, 1908-1988) while Missionary in Liberia, about 1964; given to her nephew (?), John W. Hosmer, Jr., Durham, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1969.
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