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Frame zither with resonator

Like no. 153 [III C 4590] The square timber, however, flattened. The frame crossbar is a thin rod of dark wood. The strings wound on both sides after the perforation on the square bar. A thin wooden strip bound in there. The strings have since been replaced. "kru harp". from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Weight: 0,11 kg
Height: 46,1 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Width: 30 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Pumpkin , Bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 14467

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Ivory Coast
    Grand Bassam
  • Collecting
    who
    Rudolf Pöch (1870-04-17 - 1921-03-04) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Rudolf Pöch, Dr 1902
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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