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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Manding
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 118 cm
Width: 50,8 cm
Height: 36 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Leather , Wood, Nylon
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 28

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Gambia
    who
    Manding
  • Collecting
    who
    Herman Bell - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1974
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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