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Resonance calabash of a plucked idiophone

Only the spherical calabash, open at the bottom, and a tuning loop made of animal sinew fibre (?) are preserved. The resonator opposite the opening [is] perforated twice. [A knot securing the loop inside the calabash. A break sewn with rattan strips. 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
Ovambo
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Höhe: 9,2 cm
Gewicht: 0,05 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 10 x 11,5 x 11,5 cm
Durchmesser: 11 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 1968

Provenance and sources

where
Namibia [Land]
who
Ovambo

who
Georg Hartmann - Collectors
South-West-Africa Company - Former Possessors

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