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Tubular lute with bow | Photographer: Andreas Richter
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The body is a wooden tube tapering towards the base. A mammal skin membrane fastened with wooden pegs trimmed back to wall level. The string support is a round wooden stick. A wooden peg with only a slightly widened peg head. A cylindrical wooden bridge. The string of twisted sisal fibre is attached to the peg with a loop. The bow is an evenly curved round stick with one notched and one slotted end. The sisal fibre covering is knotted into a loop in the notch and clamped in the slit before wrapping around the stick several times. A circumferential branding pattern on the outside of the body. The neck is wrapped with strips of very hairy fur. Produced for export. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)
Länge x Breite: 38,4 x 19,6 cm (gesamt) Länge: 19,5 cm (Streichbogenstange) Höhe: 15,4 cm (Korpus, Durchmesser: 5,5/10,3 cm.) Länge x Durchmesser: 1,5 x 1,2 cm (Steg)
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant material
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.