entongoli

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entongoli

As no. 187 [object ident. no. III E 2308] However, the instrument body is a round bowl. The course of the tensioning cord does not cover the entire surface and has no contrasting colour. The base skin with strongly inwardly curved edges. The string string, divided into two groups of three and five strings respectively, runs through two perforations in the top and two in the bottom wall of the bowl and is tied to two crosspieces on the outside. Three strings replaced with new original material. The two missing longitudinal arms of the yoke construction have also been replaced. A long cloth carrying cord attached to the body. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cultural attribution
Soga
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: L:77 cm
Length: 68,5 cm
Width: 58,5 cm
Height: 13 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 5334
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Provenance and sources

where
Uganda
who
Soga
who
Kollmann, Paul - Collectors

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