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Harp sounds

Like no. 324, [VII f 91] but with only six strings, which are nailed to the neck in pairs under three strips of skin. Three string cords which are turned round in the spout of a skin loop which acts as a lower tailpiece and extends from the neck to the top. The folded membrane is nailed under a circumferential skin strap. A crescent-shaped, carved extension at the free end of the neck. Cowrie shell overlays there and on the top of the body. The entire instrument is dark coloured. Several skin strap windings to seal the entry point of the neck into the resonator. 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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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 55,9 x 21 x 12,8 cm (bei nichtaufgerichtetem Steg)
Material/Technique
Wood, Calabash, Leather , Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 113

Provenance and sources

where
Burkina Faso [Land/Region]

who
Gevomac - Collectors

Description
Access 1983

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