Stringed instrument and vibrator

Museum number:
5-3021a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
(a) Two stringed instrument. “Yom Shit.” Gourd sound box covered with thin rawhide, held in place by wooden pegs; strings of red leather. 26 inches length; 8 inches width. (b) vibrator sheet metal with rings of copper wire. It inserts into neck of instrument. See 5-2918 for bibliographic information. Also see 5-2976 for musical instrument reference.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
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)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #58: KQED Television (November 28, 1967–November 30, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stringed instrument and vibrator, accession number 5-3021a,b, described as (a) Two stringed instrument. “Yom Shit.” Gourd sound box covered with thin rawhide, held in place by wooden pegs; strings of red leather. 26 inches length; 8 inches width. (b) vibrator sheet metal with rings of copper wire. It inserts into neck of instrument. See 5-2918 for bibliographic information. Also see 5-2976 for musical instrument reference.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stringed instrument and vibrator, accession number 5-3021a,b, described as (a) Two stringed instrument. “Yom Shit.” Gourd sound box covered with thin rawhide, held in place by wooden pegs; strings of red leather. 26 inches length; 8 inches width. (b) vibrator sheet metal with rings of copper wire. It inserts into neck of instrument. See 5-2918 for bibliographic information. Also see 5-2976 for musical instrument reference.

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