Context (Found together / assemblage)
Four tuning pegs were found in box labelled: "Bits of African musical instruments from cupboards in N.[orth] Lecture Room" [Anita Herle's handwriting, circa 1990s]"
Two old labels were also found in the box:
(1) written on fragment of postcard "Guitar. Bought from owner / Casa Blanca. Nov'r 1911 / A.v.H"
(2) fragment of label "Nov. 1884 / [M]usical instrument / [b]anjo, B.E.A - / []sho had [?arms] / Nyasa (W.side) / []udal plantation".
It is unknown whether the labels refer to any of the fragments found in the same box. [Katrina Dring, 25/02/2020]
Event Date 25/2/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Wooden tuning peg from musical instrument. The top end has a notch carved into it and there is a broken length of twisted sinew wrapped around the shaft and threaded through the notch.
Event Date 28/10/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe