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Only one elongated half of the calabash and a padded ring made of strips of cloth wrapped with string have survived. There is a perforation at the apex of the calabash dome. Music bow with gourd shell as soundboard, TONO; incomplete. 3 notes: 1) the short string piece, 2) the long string piece, 3) the latter shortened by pressing the middle finger of the left hand holding the bow against it. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Iyambi
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 12809 c

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Iyambi
  • Collecting
    who
    Eduard Oehler (1881 - 1941) - Collectors
    Jaeger, Fritz - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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