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A cup-shaped wooden body covered with a double-row pegged mammal skin membrane. A round wooden stick as string support. Two notches on the back of the stick. The peg and the string material are not preserved. A square opening in the body near the entry point of the string carrier. Another round opening blocked. A carved peg in the centre of the soundboard. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 12,2 cm
Width: 11,9 cm
Height: 20,8 cm
Length: 61,4 cm
Width: 11,9 cm
Height: 20,8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 107

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    East Africa
  • Collecting
    who
    Ostasiatika Kunsthandel Berlin (Wolfgang Bock) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Access 1979
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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