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Bowl spear lute with bow

Like no. 263 [III B 57] The body is smaller in relation to the neck length, however. A whorled peg arrangement turned by about 90° towards the front. Flat widening pegheads. The membrane is bound together with a thin string across the bottom of the body. A small fragment of string. The bridge is not preserved. The bow is a slightly curved round wooden stick. The ends of the stick are wrapped in cord and wrapped in leather. A small fragment of the horsehair stringing is preserved. from Ulrich Wegner: African Stringed Instruments, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Araber
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 17,4 x 7,2 x 3,7 cm (Korpus)
Länge: 38,1 cm (Streichbogen)
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 46,8 x 9,5 x 8,8 cm (gesamt)
Länge: (der Streichbogenstange) 38,1 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Hair (horse)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III B 60 a,b

Provenance and sources

when
18th cent.
where
Morocco [Land/Region]
who
Araber

who
P. Otto Zembsch (1841-05-31 - 1911-03-02) - Collectors

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