2007.40.6.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Stringed instrument [.1] and bow [.2]; diamond-shaped wooden resonator covered in stretched animal hide. [CAR 7/10/2008]

Long description

Stringed instrument [.1] and bow [.2]. The masinko is a violin-like instrument with a diamond-shaped resonator which has been covered with animal skin. The skin has been stretched and stitched around the resonator. There are signs of local repairs on the upper surface of the skin over the resonator. The neck of the masinko is made of wood and there is a v-shaped wooden bridge. The bridge is perforated and strung onto the horse hair strings. The instrument is strung with horse hair and has a single tuning peg. A leather carrying strap has been tied through a perforation in the neck. The bow [.2] is made of a bent piece of wood strung with horse hair and tied with cotton yarn through a perforation at either end of the wood. [MdeA 10/07/2008]

Geographical reference

Ethiopia

Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia

Person

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source The Estate of Bent Juel-Jensen

Date

Acquisition information

Donated: 14/06/2007

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material String Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Horse Hair Animal, Process Carved, Process Repaired (local), Process Stitched, Process Perforated, Process Stretched

Dimensions

Length: max 830 mm, Length: max 422 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2007.40.6.1 Accession number: 2007.40.6.2

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Bowed Lute, Bow