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Bowl spit lute with resonator

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The body is a spherical calabash, cut on both sides, with a square opening at the top covered with a pegged membrane of mammal skin. A round perforation at the bottom. A piece of branch, angled upwards at its free tip, penetrates the calabash wall at two points covered by overlapping parts of the membrane. A string of twisted plant material. Dotted patterns on the calabash surface (including plant motifs and characters). "In addition a small bow." from Ulrich Wegner: African stringed instruments, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wakamba
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: L:70,5 cm, H:33 cm, D:20,8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pumpkin peel, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 16428 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    who
    Wakamba
  • Collecting
    who
    Frau S. Scheffler - 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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