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Lamellophone

The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "Klimper instrument with resonance gaps".

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 92 cm
Width: 28 cm
Depth: 23 cm
Weight: 3,2 kg
Material/Technique
Raphia (palm tree), Wood, Iron nail
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 350

Provenance and sources

Production
where
West Africa
Collecting
who
Bastian, Adolf - Collectors
Deutsche Expedition an die Loangoküste
Afrikanische Gesellschaft - Former Possessors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Description
Purchase / Expedition from African Society 1875
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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