Eight stringed harp with goat's skull attached to bows. Strings of plant fibre, bridge missing. [LKG 24/09/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Eight stringed harp with goat's skull attached to bows. Strings of plant fibre, bridge missing. [LKG 24/09/2008]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: 1933 10 16
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Palm Fibre Plant, Material Animal Bone, Process Carpentered, Process Tied, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Width: max 155 mm, Length: max 575 mm, Height: max 330 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.854 Other numbers: 120639 A161

Search terms: Music, Religion, Musical Instrument, Pluriarc, Harp, Amulet

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