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1. Fiddle

Museum number:
5-2932a
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Fiddles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria

2. Harp

Museum number:
5-4347
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object class:
Harps (chordophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon

3. Lyre

Museum number:
5-6641
Culture or time period:
Ganda
Object class:
Bowl lyres
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
length 60 centimeters, sound box— height 10 centimeters, width 49 centimeters, sound box— width 25 centimeters, and sound box— length 33 centimeters
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:
November 1966

4. Masenk’o (violin) and bow

Museum number:
5-4691a,b
Culture or time period:
Amhara
Object class:
Musical bows
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Collection place:
Mercado, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Collection date:
October 1965

5. Musical bow

Museum number:
5-2932b
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Musical bows
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria

6. Zither

Museum number:
5-3031
Culture or time period:
Birom
Object class:
Zithers
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Bukuru, Plateau State, Nigeria