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Shell lyre

A membrane pegged over the round wooden bowl. A yoke arm inserted (!) into the diverging longitudinal rods, slightly bent towards the centre. Ball rings that bind the upper string ends together with strips of cloth. The lower string ends are passed in two groups of three strings each near the shell wall through two perforations in the top and one in the wall and tied to a crosspiece on the outside. There is a further perforation underneath the string tension. A linear burnt pattern on the underside of the bowl in broad, opposing hatching. Both long arms are wrapped with strips of heavily hairy fur along their entire length. Produced for export. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Zigua
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 53 cm
Width: 43 cm
Height: 18 cm
Height: 7,3 cm
Diameter: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Fur
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 19

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Zigua
  • Collecting
    who
    Thomas Maler - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1972
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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