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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]

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Khoi-Khoin
Object type
Musikinstrument
Dimensions
Length: 93 cm
Width: 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

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Kuhn; 0237
  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia

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Legal status metadata
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