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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
Länge: 10,5 cm
Objektmaß: 3,5 x 13,5 x 6,5 cm (Lagermaß) (Rassel)
Material/Technique
Iron, Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12851
Related object(s)
Activity : Vorgang: E 438/1901, Erwerbung: I/67/1901: III C 12842-12860, S. 710-718 [Schädel] (Togo) , Ksl. Stationsleiter von Kete Kratschi-- Inhalt/Enthält: Schenkung von Ethnographica.- Ausführliche Objektliste mit Beschreibung der Zahnpflege, von Waffen, Musikinstrumenten und termitenfesten Hölzern., 1901.03.04., Adam Mischlich (1901)
Vorgang: E 438/1901, Erwerbung: I/67/1901: III C 12842-12860, S. 710-718 [Schädel] (Togo) , Ksl. Stationsleiter von Kete Kratschi-- Inhalt/Enthält: Schenkung von Ethnographica.- Ausführliche Objektliste mit Beschreibung der Zahnpflege, von Waffen, Musikinstrumenten und termitenfesten Hölzern., 1901.03.04., Adam Mischlich (1901)

Provenance and sources

where
Ghana [Land]
Kratschi (Kete Krachi) [Bezirk]
Nanumba [Landschaft]
Wuleshi

who
Mischlich, Adam - Collectors

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