Trough zither · Tanzanie · ID: 3033716
Freedun Ostowar, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany
Description
wood, shiny reddish brown patina, remains of black paint, trough-shaped corpus, pierced on top and at the bottom for fixing the strings, crowned by a human head with long neck, min. dam., strings missing, fissures, slight traces of abrasion;
the strings across the soundbox are not individual but consist of a single long thin woven twisted fibre thread that is wound around the whole soundbox and spans its length, resting in notches at either end. This instrument and its music was, and still is, intended for a limited audience which in the past would have consisted of the king (“mwami”) and his entourage of dignitaries and women.
L’objet Trough zither avec l’ID d’objet 3033716 a fait partie de l’enchère 71st tribal art auction en 24 novembre 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 479.
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