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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Hausa (Haussa)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Weight: 246 g
Height: 61,6 cm
Width: 15,6 cm
Depth: 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

  • Production
    where
    Nigeria
    Bayan Dutse
    who
    Hausa (Haussa)
  • Collecting
    who
    Kurt Krieger (1920-01-17 - 2007-12-24) - Collectors
    Brigitte Menzel (1930 - 1998) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1962
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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