sese

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sese

Two strings of twisted animal tissue. One string [is] stretched along one side of the stick. At one end of the stick [is] a carved, hook-shaped extension extending the stick to connect both strings. The calabash [has] a broken seam. Remnants of a circumferential seam [exist] at the lower edge of the opening. Between and next to the fingering points [are] pointed, peg-shaped and circular extensions of the staff surface on both sides. On the string-covered side of the stick [is] a full-surface, geometric notched pattern. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Yao
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 62,2 cm
Depth: 27,5 cm
Diameter: 19 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3129

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania (?)
    Moçambique
    who
    Yao
  • Collecting
    who
    Rudolf Franke - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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