Gourd string instrument

Museum number:
5-11815
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011815
Description:
Giraya, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11815, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Gourd halved, covered with skin; stick made into bridge along string is stretched, secured with leather thongs Context of use: As musical instrument probably played with bow. Description: Stringed musical instrument; soundbox resonator made from 1/2 gourd, covered with tanned skin; stick which forms neck inserted into gourd; strings of cord stretched between end of neck and bridge, bound by thongs; 45 cm. l.; 14.5 cm. w.;
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gourd string instrument, accession number 5-11815, described as Giraya, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11815, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Gourd halved, covered with skin; stick made into bridge along string is stretched, secured with leather thongs Context of use: As musical instrument probably played with bow. Description: Stringed musical instrument; soundbox resonator made from 1/2 gourd, covered with tanned skin; stick which forms neck inserted into gourd; strings of cord stretched between end of neck and bridge, bound by thongs; 45 cm. l.; 14.5 cm. w.;Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gourd string instrument, accession number 5-11815, described as Giraya, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11815, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Gourd halved, covered with skin; stick made into bridge along string is stretched, secured with leather thongs Context of use: As musical instrument probably played with bow. Description: Stringed musical instrument; soundbox resonator made from 1/2 gourd, covered with tanned skin; stick which forms neck inserted into gourd; strings of cord stretched between end of neck and bridge, bound by thongs; 45 cm. l.; 14.5 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd string instrument, accession number 5-11815, described as Giraya, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11815, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Gourd halved, covered with skin; stick made into bridge along string is stretched, secured with leather thongs Context of use: As musical instrument probably played with bow. Description: Stringed musical instrument; soundbox resonator made from 1/2 gourd, covered with tanned skin; stick which forms neck inserted into gourd; strings of cord stretched between end of neck and bridge, bound by thongs; 45 cm. l.; 14.5 cm. w.;

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