African Lyre (N. Sambia)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: Carl Steckelmann
notes: label: Notes
content: From cards: "See N.M. Cat. 76,250 (valaza) See Mahillon vol. 1, p. 193, No. 154. Wambee., vol. 2, p. 178, No. 871. See Engel, p. 308, Valga Kissumba, Wambee." "Body carved from a block of light colored wood in shape like the bow of a punt or scow. The belly is of thin wood pegged to body with wooden pegs. The neck is made up of 5 round sticks or wands, their butt ends are inserted in holes made in a stop of ledge across the outside of the bottom. These round sticks are curved up in front and above the belly. They are lashed together with splints of bark or wood. There are five strings made from the leaf stems of the "Elias Guineensis". Their lower ends are fastened to a row of holes across the belly and are passed over a short culinder of soft wood for a bridge. Their outer ends are fastened in clefts made in the upper ends of each of the sticks forming the neck and are then wound around the sticks. A loop of the same fibre as the strings is passed around each string and its neck. By moving this to and from the bridge the string is tuned."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Congo, Republic of, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Western Congo Tribes
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026257
label: USNM Number
content: E95224-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lyre
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 85.1 cm
label: Height
content: 11.4 cm
label: Length - Body
content: 33 cm
label: Minimum Width - Body
content: 18 cm
label: Maximum Width - Body
content: 18.732 cm
label: Height - Body
content: 10 cm