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Bow sounds

Entry in the historical main catalogue: Stringed instrument. Bakuba. (cf. In the interior of Africa p. 253)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bakuba (Kuba)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 55,5 x 19 x 20 cm
Gewicht: 522 g
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 3236

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Democratic Republic of the Congo [Land]
who
Bakuba (Kuba)

who
Wissmann, Hermann von - Collectors
Wolf, Ludwig - Collectors

Description
Access unclear (expedition) of allocation uncertain 1886

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