Stringed instrument

Museum number:
5-2931
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002931
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
2 stringed instrument; Gurni; gourd sound box with reptile skinhead; movable hollow cane bridge; 29 inches long.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Hausa; Jos Market
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stringed instrument, accession number 5-2931, described as 2 stringed instrument; Gurni; gourd sound box with reptile skinhead; movable hollow cane bridge; 29 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stringed instrument, accession number 5-2931, described as 2 stringed instrument; Gurni; gourd sound box with reptile skinhead; movable hollow cane bridge; 29 inches long.

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