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Shell zither

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Atonga
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 44 cm
Width: 18 cm
Height: 23 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre , Pumpkin peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3199

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Malawi
    Lake Nyassa (Nyasa, Niasa)
    Bandawe
    who
    Atonga
  • Collecting
    who
    Rudolf Franke - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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