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Stick zither with resonator

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The resonator is a wide-opening, flat bowl-shaped calabash. The course of the three bast fibre strings [is] unclear. The quill is missing. Between the three fingering points [are] small, pointed extensions of the stick surface on both sides. The innermost handle pin [is] without mirror-image doubling. The other end of the stick tapers upwards. [The knot fixing the cord loop [is] inside the resonator. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue) Main Catalogue: "Musikinstrument Maswina"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maswina (?)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Depth: 20,4 cm
Weight: 0,45 kg
Diameter: 29,7 cm
Height: 15,5 cm
Width: 70 cm
Depth: 29,5 cm
Length: 68,9 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Calabash, Plant fibre , Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 3566

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Namibia
    who
    Shona (Mashona) (?)
    Maswina (?)
  • Collecting
    who
    Ad. Hesse - Collectors
    James Simon (1851-09-17 - 1932-05-23) - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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