sengesenge

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Vessel rattle

A spherical fruit capsule with slits and pushed over the end of a wooden stick (handle half). Two thin wooden sticks inserted next to each other into the cross-sectional surface of the stick (game half). Fixation of the plug-in connection [is] ensured by tight cord windings. There is breakage damage to the fruit capsule. The contents of the vessel [are] not preserved. Rattle is used to strike the kinanda. Fruits of the senge senge tree, containing pieces of quartz. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cultural attribution
Pogoro
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge: 41,8 cm
Durchmesser: 5 cm (Fruchtschale)
Material/Technique
Pipe stem, Fruit peel , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 9106

Provenance and sources

where
Upogoro [Landschaft]
who
Mbunga
Pogoro

who
I. Braun - Collectors
J. Stierling - Collectors

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