Trough Zither
AF249
From: Rwanda | Belgian Mandate | Ruanda-Urundi
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF249 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Rwanda | Belgian Mandate | Ruanda-Urundi |
| Culture Area | East Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Flat, hollowed out piece of wood; rectangular with rounded corners. brown with painted black designs. 7 strings tied around notches at each end of instrument, a hole at one end of each series of notches. Bottom of trough has several assorted decorative sound holes. |
| Height | 3.5 cm |
| Length | 71 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | C- unknown - Seder Number |
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