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Resonance calabash of a plucked idiophone

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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ovambo
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Depth: 9,2 cm
Weight: 0,05 kg
Height: 10 cm
Width: 11,5 cm
Depth: 11,5 cm
Diameter: 11 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 1968

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Namibia
    who
    Ovambo
  • Collecting
    who
    Georg Hartmann - Collectors
    South-West-Africa Company - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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