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Bowl spike lute, carved at the neck, with figural attachment. Like no. 231 [III E 3590] However, the neck thickens into a square shape at the point where the peg passes through. The resonator is pierced at a greater distance from the membrane. A fully carved human head at the tip of the neck. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Zaramo
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 47,3 x 10,3 x 15 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant fibre , Coconut
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3591

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
who
Usaramo
Zaramo

who
Stuhlmann, Franz - Collectors

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