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As no. 319, [III C 9884] but with long, thin iron nails for fastening the membrane. All strings made of nylon material, four of them made of a twisted pair of nylon strings. A further double nylon bracing between the lower tailpiece and the tip of the bridge. Ten or eleven bridge notches. No holding cord. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cultural attribution
Manding
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 96 x 39,1 x 33 cm
Gewicht: 1,64 kg
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 29

Provenance and sources

where
Gambia [Land]
who
Manding

who
Herman Bell - Collectors

Description
Purchase 1974

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