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Bow sounds

Only the body of the instrument, made from a cylindrical block of wood, has survived. There are six perforations in the particularly thick end wall for inserting the bows. Two pairs of perforations opposite each other in the edge of the long walls, through which the unpreserved wooden ceiling was probably connected. A small incised pattern on one side of the body. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 17 cm
Width: 37 cm
Depth: 18,5 cm
Weight: 1,6 kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 2357

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    German South West Africa
    Namibia
    who
    Herero
  • Collecting
    who
    Anton F. Lübbert - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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