Zither

Museum number:
5-3031
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003031
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Cane Zither; Yom Kwo; composed of a series of cane lashed together, "strings" 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 #69: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (January 14, 1971–June 11, 1971), S1972-1973 #90: Music Department (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–June 22, 1973), S1979-1980 #16: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (October 15, 1979–December 11, 1979), and S1992-1993 #9: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (September 18, 1992–November 2, 1992)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Zither, accession number 5-3031, described as Cane Zither; Yom Kwo; composed of a series of cane lashed together, "strings" 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 5-3031, described as Cane Zither; Yom Kwo; composed of a series of cane lashed together, "strings" made from split cane; pitch controlled by wrapping varying thicknesses of fiber around "strings".

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