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AF261

From: East Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Sese
Object Number AF261
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience East Africa
Culture Area East Africa
Section African
Materials Wood | Gourd
Description

The simple gourd resonator has become detached. The resonator end is neither cleft nor has a cross-piece like Ankermann's illustration, but it curved and has a tenon for the string , the bent quill is wanting. There is a "knee" about the middle of the stave. Crudely made, perhaps a copy; or considering the irregularities, perhaps an intrusive West African example.

Height 13.5 cm
Length 18 cm
Width 16.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number C-339 - Seder Number

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