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Shell tremor, short, Tanzania

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Six-stringed plucked instrument with a rectangular body with an edged interior. The outer edges are rounded. One of the short sides contains a cylindrical handle. The strings made of bast cords are guided through holes and knotted. The object has an attached historical identification card labelled "27 W". Provenance: Tanzania, East Africa. The object belongs to the estate of the senior general practitioner Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which initially went to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school after his death and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
H x W x D: 5.5 cm x 33.5 cm x 16.1 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, raffia
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000067
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Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1875-1900
    where
    Tanzania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED

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