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Like the preceding instrument. [VII f 59 a-b] However, the string support is only square at the partially widened head section. The horsehair on the instrument and the bow is partially braided together. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 76 cm
Depth: 24,9 cm
Width: 22 cm
Length: 41 cm
Width: 11,5 cm
Height: 3 cm
Weight: 1,46 kg
Length: 24,6 cm
Width: 22,2 cm
Height: 12,1 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Skin , Hair (horse)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII f 60 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Ethiopia
  • Collecting
    who
    Peter Scholz - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1974
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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