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Xylophone ("drum for the cult of the dead")

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Manganja ("Mangandsche")
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 66 cm
Depth: 55 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Plant fibre , Pumpkin peel, Hair (zebra)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3229

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Malawi
    Upper Shire (Shire)
    Lake Nyassa (Nyasa, Niasa)
    who
    Manganja ("Mangandsche")
  • Collecting
    who
    Rudolf Franke - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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