likombe (kikizi)

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

Provenance and sources

where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Langenburg [Bezirk und Ort]
who
Wakinga

who
Fülleborn, Friedrich - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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