Zither of parallel reeds with strings slit from the surface (15 strings).

Collection type: Object
Description: Zither of parallel reeds with strings slit from the surface (15 strings).
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Jemaa-N'Daroro / Old Jemaa
Cultural groups: Kagoro
Person: Field collector Hubert Frank Mathews; PRM source Hubert Frank Mathews
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Process Split, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length x Width 445 x 202 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.54.39
Research and responses: "Jema'an-Darroro (now known as Old Jemaa)”
"Jemaa" Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=44499&sctn=1 [Accessed 17 January 2000]. [JP 17/1/2000]

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