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The body of the instrument is a broad, transversely oval shell made of clay, curved towards the long sides. On the outside of the bowl, crosswise and transverse skin straps stretching the membrane. Parallel longitudinal arms, one thicker crossbar. Six strings looped into ball rings at the yoke. A string string passed through a membrane perforation and a wall perforation at the lower edge of the body and tied to a crosspiece on the outside. The membrane passage is reinforced by a sewn-on piece of skin. Seven asymmetrically arranged, differently sized perforations in the top of the body. The bottom of the bowl is also perforated several times. 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
Agar-Dinka
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Breite: 42 cm
Länge: 56 cm
Höhe: 15,5 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III A 4170

Provenance and sources

where
Sudan [Land]
who
Agar-Dinka

who
Julius Konietzko (1886 - 1952-04-27) - Former Possessors

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