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An elongated, curved iron plate with iron rings around the edge and a pointed plug-in extension wrapped in cord. Long, multi-link metal chains are suspended from the rings. The lute itself is not preserved. "Guitar with 3 strings twisted from horsehair. Soundboard covered with skin, held taut by straps stretched crosswise. . . . Wuleski in the Nanumba landscape, Kete Kratschi district." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 10,5 cm
Height: 3,5 cm
Depth: 6,5 cm
Width: 13,5 cm
Material/Technique
Iron, Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12851
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Provenance and sources

where
Ghana
Kratschi (Kete Krachi)
Nanumba
Wuleshi
who
Mischlich, Adam - Collectors

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