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Like no. 305 [object ident. no. III C 33223] However, the back is fully round, the neck a bent round wooden stick and the head joint glued on. Only one round membrane opening in the rear section of the top. Eight left-handed, slender wooden flank pegs with stepped pegheads. The eight strings made of plant material are only preserved as fragments (all replaced in the meantime). Mirror glass attachments on the eyes of the head sculpture. No additional string tension and no firing pattern. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cultural attribution
Fang (Pangwe, Fan)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 31,4 cm
Width: 10,5 cm
Height: 32 cm
Length: 50,5 cm
Width: 31 cm
Height: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant fibres , Mirror, Cord, Iron nail
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 36845

Provenance and sources

where
Equatorial Guinea [Land]
Rio Muni (Mbini) [Region]
who
Fang (Pangwe, Fan)
who
August Widenmann - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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