valiha

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valiha

Eleven strips of string [are] detached from the epidermis between the two pierced bamboo nodes. Under each string [are] two bars of different heights (pieces of bark from a palm leaf stalk). Where the strings have grown together with the epidermis, the tube is wrapped four times with twisted plant material, the ends of which are knotted together. "Hovaarbeit aus Nossi Be" from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Hova (Merina)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 100 cm
Diameter: 8,2 cm
Length: 49 cm
Length: 24 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 4254

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Madagascar
    Nossi Bee
    who
    Hova
    Hova (Merina)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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