likombe (kikizi)

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likombe

Around the edge of the calabash opening [are] six sewn-on round shell discs (originally probably eleven or twelve). Opposite the opening of the spherical resonator [is] a perforation. "6 reed shanks and 5 gut strings in one piece ... acquired at Kanda near Langenberg." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wakinga
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Diameter: 11,5 cm
Material/Technique
Pumpkin , Mussels
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 7692 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    Langenburg
    who
    Wakinga
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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