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Twelve strips of string detached from the epidermis between the two pierced bamboo nodes. No bridge [is] preserved. Two strings [are] torn. Where the strings have grown together with the epidermis, the cane is wrapped four or five times with twisted bast cord. The two ends of the cord [are] tied together with all the wrapping strands enclosed. [A raffia loop is attached to one end of the knot. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 71 cm
Length: 55 cm
Length: 95 cm
Diameter: 9,1 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 16727

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Madagascar
  • Collecting
    who
    Hanna Asch-Corlach - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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