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With 8 damaged strings. The handle is a female figure clothed and decorated with fabric, glass beads, copper rings and brass wire. An elongated, deep bowl with longitudinal walls that merge with the base in a curve. Eight diagonally drilled string guide perforations. The string cord [is] only partially preserved (since replaced). One of its ends is looped into a knot behind an outer perforation, into which strips of fabric and cotton wool are tied, while the other [is] wrapped around a stem extension carved lengthways. A leather loop attached to the bottom of the bowl. Three small cord loops carrying iron spirals are suspended in this loop. A linear and punctual red colouring of the inner shell base. A large, fully carved female figure is attached to the stem. One leg [is] broken off, the other movable. Dressed in a cloth apron and adorned with red pearl necklaces. Metal rings [can be seen] on the right ankle and forearm. A cord-like hair insert on the head. "Massansa in Ussukuma". 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: 88 cm
Width: 18 cm
Height: 9,7 cm
Objektmaß: H: 29 cm (Figur)
Material/Technique
Iron, Wood, Textile, Copper, Brass, Glass, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 5618
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    Usukuma (Ussukuma, Usukkuma)
    Lake Victoria (Viktoria-Njansa)
    Masanza
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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