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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Wagaya
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 77 x 55 x 26 cm (Höhe ca.)
Durchmesser: 31,5 - 32,8 cm (Resonanzschale)
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

where
Kenya [Land/Region]
who
Wagaya

who
Adolf von Wulffen - Collectors
Boehm - Former Possessors

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