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Stick zither with resonator
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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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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)
Activity : Vorgang: E 1523/1903, Erwerbung: I/4/1904: III E 10736-10857, VII A 1777, Ethnogr. (Usafua, Usango, Ungika), Ankauf Kootz -- Inhalt/Enthält: Missionar Joh. Kootz, Niesky: Angebot von Ethnographica. Kündigt Besuch in Berlin an. Dankschreiben Luschans. Objektliste Briefe: 1, 1903.11.21., Joh. Kootz (1903)
Vorgang: E 1523/1903, Erwerbung: I/4/1904: III E 10736-10857, VII A 1777, Ethnogr. (Usafua, Usango, Ungika), Ankauf Kootz -- Inhalt/Enthält: Missionar Joh. Kootz, Niesky: Angebot von Ethnographica. Kündigt Besuch in Berlin an. Dankschreiben Luschans. Objektliste Briefe: 1, 1903.11.21., Joh. Kootz (1903)

Provenance and sources

where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Usafua [Land/Region]
who
Wasafua
who
Joh. Kootz - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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