Musical Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Jan 2010
label: Collection Date
content: May 2009
name: label: Collector
content: Judith Knight
label: Donor Name
content: Judith Knight
notes: label: Notes
content: Wooden bow, with bamboo withy "string" two smaller chunks of cane or bamboo are tied on to the string. One is short but as thick as a thumb, the other is quite slender. Judith Knight notes: "“Mongongo” is local (ebongwe) name for musical bow, “bandzja” is the local name for bamboo and “egondi” is the local name for 'little stick'. The mongongo is played up against a partly opened mouth, in much the same way as a Jew's harp. The bamboo is used to tap the cord to make the sound and the small stick is used to control the tension in the cord. The Mongongo is played by men, again associated with Bwiti initiation practices."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sogha village, Ikobey District, Ngounié Province, Gabon, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Babongo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2050990
label: USNM Number
content: E434693-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Musical Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 70 cm
label: Width
content: 34 cm
label: Height
content: 2 cm