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Zither
Tools
Museum number:
5-8865
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008865
Accession number:
Acc.2659
Object count:
1
Description:
Zither, trough type; elongated oval; flattened with 3 cross-shaped holes in trough surface; burned, sectional, geometric designs; notches on both ends for 11 strings (missing); l. 55.5 cm; w. 26.5 cm.
Donor:
Melvin L. Perlman and Mrs. Melvin L. Perlman
Collection place:
Kigezi District, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Uganda; Kigezi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zithers
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
not a "zither". Zithers are European