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Musical Instrument (Chordophone)

Musical string instruments of this kind would often accompany dance in Nama societies, at least until the early 1900s. [SF]

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Khoi-Khoin
Object type
Musikinstrument
Dimensions
Länge: 93 cm, Breite: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Tendon, Parchment
Sheet metal, cut, carved, plugged in, sheathed, wrapped
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
016160

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

where
Namibia

when
1901

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