lachodje

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lachodje

A flat, broad board of soft, light-coloured wood, slightly curved upwards in the centre line towards the string. [It is] strongly curved. There is a perforation at the tapered, round end. At the broad, rectangular cut end [is] a long, carved tenon around which the string of twisted animal tissue is wound in tight coils. Behind the carrier perforation [is the] knot fixing of the string. Branding patterns [are present]. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kakameka (Kavirondo)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 87,3 cm
Width: 6,8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 16651

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Kenya
    who
    Kakameka (Kavirondo)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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