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Resonance calabash
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Only the resonator, a spherical calabash open at the bottom, and a padded ring wrapped in strips of cloth are preserved. A perforation opposite the resonator opening [present]. Branding on the entire calabash surface, arranged in a circle around the central perforation. [The triangular shapes [are] densely filled with longitudinal and transverse hatching. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix to the object catalogue) Main catalogue: "Resonanzbogen, Flaschenkürbis mit Strichmustern. b.) Ring aus Zeug. Index card: "Only the gourd, open on one side, and a ring (probably padding) wrapped in strips of cloth are preserved. The padding is certainly not attached in the correct place.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Durchmesser: ca. 5 cm (Ring)
Durchmesser: 12,2 cm (Kalebasse)
Material/Technique
Pumpkin peel, Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3944 a,b
Related object(s)
Activity : Vorgang: E 342/1895, Erwerbung: I/42/1895: III E 3919-3981, III C 5990/91, Ethnogr. (Ost- und Zentralafrika), Schenkung Lt. Graf von Götzen -- Inhalt/Enthält: Bitte um Abholung seiner Slg.- Objektlisten. Landkarte.- Brief vom Mineralogisch-Petrographischen Institut der kgl. Universität Berlin (1895.03.30.) mit Einverständnis der Gesteinsbestimmungen der Slg. Ltn. Götzen zu bestimmten Bedingungen.- Briefe: 3, 1895.03.23.- 1895.03.24.- 1895.04.14., Gustav Adolf von Götzen (12.5.1866 - 1.12.1910)
Vorgang: E 342/1895, Erwerbung: I/42/1895: III E 3919-3981, III C 5990/91, Ethnogr. (Ost- und Zentralafrika), Schenkung Lt. Graf von Götzen -- Inhalt/Enthält: Bitte um Abholung seiner Slg.- Objektlisten. Landkarte.- Brief vom Mineralogisch-Petrographischen Institut der kgl. Universität Berlin (1895.03.30.) mit Einverständnis der Gesteinsbestimmungen der Slg. Ltn. Götzen zu bestimmten Bedingungen.- Briefe: 3, 1895.03.23.- 1895.03.24.- 1895.04.14., Gustav Adolf von Götzen (12.5.1866 - 1.12.1910)

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where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Usumbura (Ussumburra) [Bezirk oder Ort]
Uschirombo (?) [Ort]

who
Götzen, Gustav A. von - Collectors

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