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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 55,9 cm
Width: 21 cm
Height: 12,8 cm
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

  • Production
    where
    Burkina Faso
  • Collecting
    who
    Gevomac - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Access 1983
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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