rebäba

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rebäba

The body is a ring-shaped segment of a coconut shell with a widely folded, glued-on fish-skin membrane. The string support is a straight round wooden stick and a square, iron spike extension inserted into it above the body, which protrudes far below the body and ends in a spiral. A recessed pegbox with two wooden flank pegs inserted through it from the right and left. Two strings made of twisted animal tissue. The lower tailpiece is an iron ring pulled over the spit. The bridge and the bow are not preserved. An iron cuff enclosing the neck on the body. Two decoratively turned, spherical pegheads. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Araber
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Breite: 11,5 cm
Höhe: 10 cm
Länge: 75 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Iron, Coconut, Intestine
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III A 5586

Provenance and sources

where
Africa (North-East) [Region]
who
Araber

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