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A wide bowl with strongly upwardly rounded narrow sides, the ends of which are pulled down under the boat-like curved bowl base. Ten strings (partly made of plant fibre). On each narrow side [are] ten diagonally drilled string guide perforations. One end of the string [is] looped into a knot below an outer perforation, the other is knotted to the neighbouring section of the string. There is a pair of perforations on each of the long sides. A longitudinally carved stem extension with an unoccupied hole. Along each of the rows of perforations [is] a group of notched lines. from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (Appendix Object Catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wamarungu
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 39,4 cm
Width: 13,2 cm
Height: 7,4 cm
Gewicht: < 2 kg kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 1896

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Congo
    who
    Wamarungu
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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