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Bowl-necked lute

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Like no. 280 [VII f 63] but only three strings. A resonator slightly curved inwards on the long side. The membrane is tensioned by skin straps which run lengthwise and crosswise across the bottom of the shell and are interwoven at three crossing points. A neck spike pierces the skin in front of the membrane opening and is fixed in its alignment by cross lacing. The ends of the strings are wound around the neck at large intervals and tied to coils of string made of plant material. No woollen string bindings on the bridge. The entire instrument was dyed black. Produced for export. 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: 60,4 cm
Width: 11,9 cm
Height: 12 cm
Length: 34,4 cm
Width: 11,9 cm
Height: 6,9 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 95

Provenance and sources

  • Collecting
    who
    Gevomac - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Access 1979
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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