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Shell lyre

Like no. 189 [III E 3898] but with a transverse oval bowl. The only fragmentarily preserved tension straps are not combined into string courses. The lower string attachment to a crosspiece. A round membrane perforation on the side. Only remnants of an old adhesive substance remain from the soundboard support. No residue of fur on the resonator, no carving and no painting. One smooth yoke bar. No carrying strap. The stringing is only fragmentary. An additional piece of skin glued and sewn onto the lower edge of the membrane. Rattle body inside the body. 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
Kavirondo
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: L:69,8 cm, H:ca.21 cm, B:62,2 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 13496

Provenance and sources

where
Kenya [Land/Region]
who
Kavirondo

who
Hermann Rehse - Collectors

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