kora

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cora

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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Manding
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 96 cm
Depth: 33 cm
Width: 39,1 cm
Weight: 1,64 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, calabash, skin, plastic
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 29

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Gambia
    who
    Manding
  • Collecting
    who
    Herman Bell - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1974
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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