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Stick zither with resonator

At one end, the string carrier runs out in a straight line into two forked extensions. At the upper tip of the fork [is] a cylindrical saddle attachment, also doubled in mirror image. Between the three grip points [are] pointed extensions of the bar surface on both sides. In the spherical resonator calabash [are] several broken seams with thin woollen cord. The fabric cord for the resonator connection [is] probably not original. [There is] an incised pattern running around the opening edge of the calabash. The pattern areas [are] filled in by hatching in opposite directions. A small pattern [is] on the calabash collar. 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: 61,5 cm
Width: 19 cm
Height: 21 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre , Pumpkin peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 4074

Provenance and sources

  • Collecting
    who
    Franz Pabel - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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