lokanga

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lokanga

A very thin string carrier. Both ends of the staff [are] widened vertically like stamps. Two strings [are] made of twisted bast fibre, both [however] only preserved in fragments, probably ran over and next to the staff. In front of and between the three grip points [are] small bumps carved on both sides. The quillons, which were once attached with woollen cord, are missing. Severe breakage [exists] on the spherical resonance calabash. [The] transverse wood connection [is] inside the resonator. The calabash collar [is] sewn with coloured fabric cord at two break points. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Antanosy
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 54 cm
Width: 18 cm
Height: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pumpkin peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 828 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Madagascar
    who
    Antanosy
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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