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'tloto' / 'toto'

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A narrow, elongated bowl with longitudinal walls that merge with the bottom in a curve and steep transverse walls (type C). [There are six diagonally drilled string guide perforations. Six strings. One end of the string is tied to a crosspiece behind an outer perforation, the other is passed through a perforation in a carved handle extension and wrapped around it several times. The string is only incompletely preserved. There are two small, blocked perforations in the bottom of the bowl. Made from the wood of the mzopazopa tree. When in use, it is placed against an inverted hollow, which gives it [a] very good sound. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Sandawe
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 53,8 cm
Width: 5,9 cm
Height: 4 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 5965

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Wassandaui
    Sandawe
  • Collecting
    who
    Kielmeyer - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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