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Archaeology Lab Analyst Christine Devine shows off four jaw harps excavated from Site 6 at Monticello. Jaw harps were musical instruments enslaved workers played with their mouths. The northern cabin from the site has four, a high number relative to other quarters at Monticello and other sites in DAACS.