Hoddu (Xalam)
Object type: Hoddu (Xalam)
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Fulbe
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Wood, skin
Dimensions: L. 48.5 cm; W. 9 cm; H. 8.5 cm
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted
Geography:     Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau or the Senegambia  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889