valiha lava

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valiha lava

A solid cane formed by two half-tubes made of wood. Morphologically [it is] orientated entirely on the bamboo cane. Carved on it [are] two nodal-like tube locks. Three iron clamps. Fourteen wire strings (one missing). Their ends [are] fastened to the wood with iron nails after passing under the outer iron clamps. Thirty wooden bridges of different heights. Below the two lowest strings, along the construction seam, [is] a slit-shaped opening. A holding loop made of vegetable material passed under several string ends. ". . . made and used by the Beosy. Made and used by men. Place: Antranokoaka, Madagascar." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Beosy (Sakalava)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 72,5 cm
Length: 65 cm
Length: 86,7 cm
Width: 12,7 cm
Diameter: 77 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo, Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 18393

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Madagascar
    Antranocoa
    who
    Beosy (Sakalava)
  • Collecting
    who
    Dieter Schimang - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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