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Shell lyre

Like no. 189 [III E 3898] However, the strings are only fragmentary. The strings of twisted vegetable material are not joined together to form string courses. A round body shell. Strips of plant material are bound into the ball rings. Rattle body in the resonator. The string runs over a wooden strip fastened from the inside against the edge of the membrane perforation and is bound to a crosspiece. No painting on the resonator. A fragmentary cowrie shell and a red bean overlay. The carrying strap leads from the body to the longitudinal bar. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wagaya
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 77 cm
Width: 55 cm
Height: 26 cm
Diameter: 32,8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant fibre , Tendon, Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 9265

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Kenya
    who
    Wagaya
  • Collecting
    who
    Adolf von Wulffen - Collectors
    Boehm - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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