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Shell zither

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An elongated bowl with slightly raised, steeply sloping cross walls on the inside and a rounded base. On each narrow side [are] six diagonally burnt string guide perforations. Six strings. One end of the string cord [is] looped into a knot behind an outer perforation, the other wrapped around an upwardly curved stem extension carved in the longitudinal direction. A calabash resonator was tied through two bottom perforations with a thick loop of plant material. Only one small calabash sherd survives. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Konde
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 41 cm
Width: 9,1 cm
Height: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre , Pumpkin peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 2847

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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