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Board zither

Like no. 124 [object ident. No. -> III E 6660a: a) A narrow, elongated board, arched towards the narrow sides with only slightly raised longitudinal edges. [It has four string-guide slots. One end of the thick string is tied to a crosspiece under an outer slot, the other [is] wound from there several times towards the edge of the board. A centre rib left standing lengthways and interrupted by V-shaped incisions, towards which the bottom of the bowl slopes. Three iron pins hammered into one end of the string carrier and hung with perforated metal plates. A resonator is not preserved. A linear branding pattern [is] on the underside of the string carrier. "String (chord): ndi. Board: kitiramba. Iron ornamentation: manenge. Resonance: mpera. Incisions: maketa."] The crossbar [is] made of other vegetable material (now broken). The other end of the string [is] clamped under a neighbouring bracing. The centre rib without v-shaped notches. The iron pins [are] all missing. "Muango village, southern Ufipa-Yangalila." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)

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Cultural attribution
Yangalila
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 75 x 8,7 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre , Pumpkin peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 7952

Provenance and sources

where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Muango [Dorf]
who
Ufipa
Yangalila

who
Georg von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1861-06-17 - 1936-09-15) - Collectors

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