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Monoheterochord music bow

(a) A bent round stick made of wood with pointed ends. A stretched calabash half is inserted through the resonator. A mammal skin membrane pegged to the outside of the resonator [is present]. The string is missing. It ran through four incisions in the centre of the membrane, forming two skin loops. Two large, round sound holes in the bottom of the calabash. The baton is missing. It is accompanied by a curved stick. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: cm
Diameter: 13 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pumpkin peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 4442 a,b
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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