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String instrument fragment

Only the string holder, a round wooden stick, and a long wooden peg on the right are preserved. A fully carved female figure with white eye rings at the tip of the neck. A carved vertebra head. ". . . damaged soundboard made of gourd. Remains of a very old musical instrument, acquired from a Mnyamwezi; it was played on a hemp string with a small bow, both unfortunately lost. . . . Hinterland of Tanga." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wanyamwezi (Nyamwezi)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Depth: 6 cm
Length: 52,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 12333 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    West-Tanga
    who
    Wanyamwezi (Nyamwezi)
  • Collecting
    who
    Bernhard Perrot (1874 - 1907) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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