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The bar surface [is] widened into a leaf shape at one end of the string support, the other end [is] terminated in two forked, curved extensions connected by cross braces. All the strings made of twisted plant fibre [are] torn. The entire resonator construction is missing. A rich notched pattern with coarse and fine relief [is] on one side of the stick. Between the fingering points [is a] pointed widening of the stick surface on both sides. "Tinz-Musik-Instrument". from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wangoni (Ngoni, Angoni)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 57,4 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 14168

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Wangoni
    Wangoni (Ngoni, Angoni)
  • Collecting
    who
    Karl Weule (1864-02-29 - 1926-04-19) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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