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As no. 319 [III C 9884] Only one string is made of twisted skin, the others of nylon material of varying thickness. A row of decorative nails for fastening the membrane. The large, round calabash opening is also edged with decorative nails. The strings are extended to the lower tailpiece with double-stretched nylon joints. There is no tension between the tailpiece and the tip of the bridge. Ten or eleven bridge notches. 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
Manding
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 118 x 50,8 x 36 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Leather , Wood, Nylon
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 28
Provenance and sources
where
Gambia [Land]
who
Manding
who
Herman Bell - Former Possessors
Description
Purchase 1974
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