Zither

Museum number:
5-3030
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003030
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Cane Zither; Yom Kwo; composed of a series of cane lashed together, "stings" made from split cane; pitch controlled by wrapping varying thicknesses of fiber around "strings".
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bukuru, Plateau State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Birom; Bukuru
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zithers
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #3: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 9, 1970–July 9, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Zither, accession number 5-3030, described as Cane Zither; Yom Kwo; composed of a series of cane lashed together, "stings" made from split cane; pitch controlled by wrapping varying thicknesses of fiber around "strings".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zither, accession number 5-3030, described as Cane Zither; Yom Kwo; composed of a series of cane lashed together, "stings" made from split cane; pitch controlled by wrapping varying thicknesses of fiber around "strings".

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