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Kora

1999.01.0002

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Artifact Identification Kora   (1999.01.0002)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication T&E
    2. :
  2. Musical T&E
    3. :
  3. Musical Instruments
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1994
Culture Senufo
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (N/A) N/A
Dimension 2 (N/A) N/A
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight N/A
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood, Textile, Metal, Animal, Animal--Mammal--Hooved--Cow/Calf/Bull
Manufacturing Processes Cutting

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

References collected by Kaori Sato regarding this artifact, 2009:

Griots: http://www.glasspages.org/kunda.html

Charry, Eric. (2000). Mande music. University Of Chicago Press.

Hale, Thomas. (2007). Griots and griottes. Bloomington, IN: Indiana
University Press.

Kora. (2010). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 31, 2010,
from Encyclopædia Britannica Online:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322102/kora

Lott, J. (2002). Keepers of history. Research | Penn State, 23(2), Retrieved
from http://www.rps.psu.edu/0205/keepers.html

Mande. (2010). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 31, 2010,
from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/361625/Mande

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Purchase by Lamissa Bengali in Burkina Faso for Spurlock
Reproduction No

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