Monochord fiddle with gourd body covered with hide. For the bow for this object see 1933.27.8 .2

Collection type: Object
Description: Monochord fiddle with gourd body covered with hide. For the bow for this object see 1933.27.8 .2
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Southern Zaria Province Riga Chikun
Cultural groups: Gbari
Person: Field collector W.R. Crocker; PRM source W.R. Crocker
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: circa 1932
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Gourd Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Horse Hair Animal, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Carved, Process Covered, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 685 mm, Width: max 147 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.27.8.1
Research and responses: According to “African ethnonyms: index to art-producing peoples of Africa” by Daniel P. Biebuyck, Susan Kelliher and Linda McRae (G.K. Hall & Co.: New York, 1996), Gbari is the name now used for the group once known as Gwari. [CW 9/3/2000]

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