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Bowl spear lute with bow

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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Araber
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 17,4 cm
Width: 7,2 cm
Height: 3,7 cm
Length: 38,1 cm
Length: 46,8 cm
Width: 9,5 cm
Height: 8,8 cm
Length: 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

  • Production
    when
    18th cent.
    where
    Morocco
    who
    Araber
  • Collecting
    who
    P. Otto Zembsch (1841-05-31 - 1911-03-02) - Collectors

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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