zither
- Museum number
- Af1946,18.165
- Description
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Reed zither.
- Production date
- 1946 (purchased)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.10 centimetres
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Width: 41.40 centimetres
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Depth: 23.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1946:
Reed zither. 'Biom' ("mbom"). Jaba of Nok.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Acquisition notes
- Af1946,18.1 to 397 is a collection of contemporary objects purchased in Nigerian markets by H J Braunholtz, the Keeper of the Department of Ethnography in the BM, on a study visit in 1946. The Register contains his notes on the local name, function and place of acquisition of each item. See further comment on Af1946,18.1.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1946,18.165