Harp
81-11-66
From: Guinea
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 81-11-66 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Guinea |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Fiber |
Description | Wooden harp without strings. The body is of half a hollowed-out log with a slightly curved panel of wood covering the long open face of the log. This panel has seven small holes in a line for strings; it is also lightly incised with a triangular geometric design. The neck is in the shape of an abstract human head with a long neck. This neck flares out into a hollowed-out bowl near the point where the neck meets the body. A thin wooden stick is inserted into the body and is held against the neck by grass twine which is looped through a hole bored through the neck. |
Height | 8 cm |
Length | 57 cm |
Width | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1981 |
Other Number | 29-94-190 - Old Museum Number | 30-35-1 - Other Number | C-50 - Seder Number |
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