Object Number | 30-35-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Sierra Leone |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Gourd | Cane (plant) | Fiber |
Description | Y-shaped piece of wood set upright in an inverted half gourd. Upper ends of Y joined by a cross bar of wood. 9 strings of plant fibre. Made in Pendenbu by a boy named Flome, from Ballue, Liberia. The chief at Ballu is Balla. So-called Kru harp. |
Height | 44 cm |
Length | 15 cm |
Width | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1930 |
Other Number | C-313 - Seder Number |
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