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Bow harp

The instrument body is an elongated box that widens slightly towards the back with a rounded transition between the base and the front. A membrane pegged on in a single row with wooden pins, covering the entire back and front of the case, but only just folded over on the long sides. The neck bow is a relatively short, almost square wooden stick. Shank shape. The entrance opening is plugged with pieces of wood around the string carrier. There is an additional nailing of the neck. Four left flank pegs made of wood with flat, circular pegheads. The upper ends of the strings made of twisted animal tissue are guided through perforations in the tip of the peg. No tailpiece moulding. Cross-shaped branding on the neck and the underside of the body. A burnt hunting scene and an animal motif on the long sides of the body. Produced for export. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Luo
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 43,5 x 70 x 21,4 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 6

Provenance and sources

where
Kenya [Land]
who
Luo

who
Thomas Maler - Collectors

Description
Purchase 1972

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