Stringed instrument

Museum number:
5-2935
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002935
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
3 stringed instrument; Molu; wooden sound box; rawhide skin head, attached with elaborately designed red leather thongs.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Hausa; Jos Market
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
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) and S1975-1976 #60: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (March 4, 1976–November 19, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stringed instrument, accession number 5-2935, described as 3 stringed instrument; Molu; wooden sound box; rawhide skin head, attached with elaborately designed red leather thongs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stringed instrument, accession number 5-2935, described as 3 stringed instrument; Molu; wooden sound box; rawhide skin head, attached with elaborately designed red leather thongs.

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