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Shell zither

A narrow, elongated bowl with longitudinal walls that merge with the bottom in a curve; inside the bowl, almost steep transverse walls (type C). There [are] six diagonally drilled string guide perforations. Six strings. One end of the string [is] looped into a knot behind an outer perforation, the other is wrapped around a stem extension carved in the longitudinal direction. By omitting an outer perforation, a slightly offset string course [can be recognised]. Two small, round perforations in the bottom of the bowl. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Zinza
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 42,2 cm
Width: 8,5 cm
Height: 5,6 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Plant fibre (as string)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 2608
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Zinza
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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