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Bow harp

The resonator of this bow harp, including the neck, is covered in animal skin. The clearly angled neck in the form of a straight roundwood is fitted with five left-hand wooden flank pegs. It ends in a fully sculpted human head. The instrument's distinctly anthropomorphic character is due to the legs carved at the lower end of the resonating body, which allow the harp to be placed upright. / L.-C.K.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: 52 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 44881

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    20th century
    where
    Congo
  • Collecting
    who
    Charles Jacques Massar - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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