benebene | Photographer: Verena Höhn | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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As no. 207 [VII f 37] However, the lower ends of the more divergent longitudinal arms rest on the edge of the shell below the membrane. A tension ring made of twisted skin straps. The tensioning strap - once part of the membrane skin - is fused to it at one point. A string tied directly to the crossbar. A broken piece of calabash was glued on with black adhesive. A cloth holding string. No plectrum. A rectangular wooden bridge. A small, round perforation at the apex of the bowl's curvature. Five small, round membrane perforations arranged in a star shape. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)
