molo na kara

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Seven deer stalks of unequal length, cut off at the nodes. [Are joined together to form a raft by two blades of grass pushed crosswise under the strings. Another blade of grass [exists] to produce the sound. "Toy .... Anka." from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Hausa (Haussa)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 37 cm
Width: 19,8 cm
Height: 17 cm
Height: 1,9 cm
Depth: 20,3 cm
Width: 36,5 cm
Height: 0,4 cm
Depth: 0,3 cm
Width: 13,2 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 38327 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Nigeria
    Anka
    who
    Hausa (Haussa)
  • Collecting
    who
    Kurt Krieger (1920-01-17 - 2007-12-24) - Collectors
    Brigitte Menzel (1930 - 1998) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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