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The body is a hemispherical calabash half with a pegged lizard skin membrane folded over far to the outside. A large, round membrane opening on the side. The string holder is a straight round wooden stick with the ponytail hair string tied to the free end with goatskin straps. The lower tailpiece is a sling made of antelope leather that extends from the spit far onto the top. The lower end of the string is knotted behind a coin perforated in the centre, which is buttoned through the spout of the loop. A cross-shaped wooden bridge. The bow is a flat, curved iron rod with horsehair strings. The bow string is looped into a knot at one end behind a perforation and fastened at the other end under cloth and cord wrappings. At the end of the neck is a hanger made of goatskin straps with knotted beads, coins, a cowrie shell and a belt buckle. "Bayan Dutse" from Ulrich Wegner: African Stringed Instruments, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cultural attribution
Hausa (Haussa)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Gewicht: 246 g (Laute)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 61,6 x 15,6 x 11,7 cm
Material/Technique
Hair (ponytail), Bamboo, Metal , Leather , Iron, Pumpkin peel, Cotton, Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 38331 a,c

Provenance and sources

where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Bayan Dutse [Ort]
who
Hausa (Haussa)

who
Kurt Krieger (1920-01-17 - 2007-12-24) - Collectors
Brigitte Menzel (1930 - 1998) - Collectors

Description
Purchase 1962

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