Bow Lute (N. Sambia)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: Carl Steckelmann
notes: label: Notes
content: From cards: "The outside of the sides and end of body has been charred and diamonds and incised lines cut leaving a white design on the black ground. Similar in construction to 95.224, with a difference in the pattern of the decorations with a rudely carved human head projecting from upper end of body." "Pluriarc (bow lute) with five bows and a bridge; head carved on end board. This instrument has features of Laurenty's Pluriarc categories no. 8,9, and 10. cf. Laurenty, J.S., LesCordophones du Congo Belge, "Annales der Musee Royal ou Congo Belge", n.s.V. 2, 1960 pl XIX, no. 231-235."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
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: E95225-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Body
content: 31.8 cm
label: Minimum Width - Body
content: 7.302 cm
label: Maximum Width - Body
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Body
content: 9.207 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 85.1 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm