Harp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Judith Knight
label: Donor Name
content: Judith Knight
notes: label: Notes
content: Non-playing instrument with a wood resonator box which has designs burned in the side and is covered with snake skin. The neck and pegs are made of twigs. The strings are cotton and fiber.
label: Notes
content: Information from researcher/donor Judith Knight. Souvenir object made by the Tsua of Semliki, Bundibugyo, Uganda. Tsua Harp Lute made of wood, skin and rope. Traditional pyrographic techniques and pigments used to form designs similar to Mbuti/Efe barkcloths (Fig 21) used to decorate the body of the instrument. Purchased by the donor from the Semliki Tsua in their village on the edge of the forest 1991
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bundibugyo, Semliki River, Uganda, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2084931
label: USNM Number
content: E436241-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harp
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 43 cm
label: Width
content: 12 cm
label: Height
content: 18 cm