Masenk’o (violin)
- Museum number:
- 5-4691a
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm2105004691a
- Alternate number:
- AA1 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2078
- Description:
- (a) single string violin (masenk'o): made of wood, goatskin & horse tail hairs; Length 66 cm. (b) bow; wood with horse or cattle-tail bowstrings. Length 33 cm. Used by male minstrel to accompany his songs see acc. envelope for additional information. Collected 10/65.
- Donor:
- Frederick C. Gamst and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Ethiopia; Addis Ababa market; Amhara tribe (Murdock 22:1)
- Culture or time period:
- Amhara
- Collector:
- Frederick C. Gamst
- Collection date:
- 10/65
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masenqos
- Function:
- 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
- Accession date:
- 1966
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Images:
- Legacy documentation: