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:
Hearst Museum object titled Masenk’o (violin), accession number 5-4691a, described as (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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Masenk’o (violin), accession number 5-4691a, described as (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.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Masenk’o (violin), accession number 5-4691a, described as (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.

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