Gourd string instrument

Museum number:
5-11817
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011817
Description:
Gourd string instrument, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11817, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Skin covered hald gourd has round wood neck inserted in one end; string stretched from bridge to end, secured with leather Context of use: As musical instrument, probably played with bow; Description: Stringed musical instrument; halvd gourd covered with skin; round piece of wood inserted into gourd as neck; strings (2, 1 broken) stretched from bridge to end of neck, secured with thong of leather; 47.5 cm. l.; 11.2 cm. w.;
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd string instrument, accession number 5-11817, described as Gourd string instrument, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11817, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Skin covered hald gourd has round wood neck inserted in one end; string stretched from bridge to end, secured with leather Context of use: As musical instrument, probably played with bow; Description: Stringed musical instrument; halvd gourd covered with skin; round piece of wood inserted into gourd as neck; strings (2, 1 broken) stretched from bridge to end of neck, secured with thong of leather; 47.5 cm. l.; 11.2 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd string instrument, accession number 5-11817, described as Gourd string instrument, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11817, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Skin covered hald gourd has round wood neck inserted in one end; string stretched from bridge to end, secured with leather Context of use: As musical instrument, probably played with bow; Description: Stringed musical instrument; halvd gourd covered with skin; round piece of wood inserted into gourd as neck; strings (2, 1 broken) stretched from bridge to end of neck, secured with thong of leather; 47.5 cm. l.; 11.2 cm. w.;

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