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AF355

From: North Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF355
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swahili
Provenience North Africa
Culture Area North Africa
Section African
Materials Wood | Skin | Fiber
Description

Dark wood with leather covering the lower portion. Neck has an incised horn plate nail on. Upper end broken off but present. Remnants of strings made from plant fiber. Four pegs.

Length 81 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Depth 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Dr. William A. Bowen, 1909
Other Number 3 - Other Number

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