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Stick zither with resonator

The stick zither [has] a stick end that diverges vertically like scissors. The twisted plant fibre strings (now replaced on the instrument) [are] only preserved in fragments. The quill and the binding material are missing. A stretched calabash resonator. Incised pattern on the string carrier. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wasafua
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 cm
Length: 49 cm
Width: 11 cm
Height: 19,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre , Pumpkin peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 10757
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    Usafua
    who
    Wasafua
  • Collecting
    who
    Joh. Kootz - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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