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Shell zither

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A short, relatively wide bowl with an almost rectangular bowl and opening outline and a flat base (type E). Inside [there are] steep longitudinal and somewhat sloping transverse walls. On each of the broad narrow sides [are] seven string-guide perforations. One end of the only fragmentarily preserved string cord [is] wrapped around a longitudinally carved stem appendage, the other is clamped to the rim of the bowl transversely under the neighbouring string tensioners. One perforation in the centre of the bottom of the bowl, another near the bottom in the back of the bowl. Traces of wear there (from a resonator connection?). [Has a crack in the wood repaired on both sides with copper staples. On one long side of the bowl [, there is] a linear burn mark on the outside. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Konde
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 28,4 cm
Width: 12,3 cm
Height: 4 cm
Gewicht: < 2 kg kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3446

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Konde
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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