harp
- Museum number
- Af1954,+23.3907
- Description
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Bow-shaped harp made of wood with resonator topped by a carved human head and terminating in pair of stylised legs. Resonator has skin-covered top secured to wood frame with cane pins. Wood string bar inserted centrally with three twisted cotton strings attached, though broken. Patch of skin pinned over circular sound hole ? on resonator. Neck has five peg holes, three remaining wood pegs and part of fourth, fifth peg is missing. Pegs forked at one side, bound with cane and fibre strings attached.
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 48 centimetres
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Width: 13 centimetres
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Depth: 65 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Information derived from a) original Wellcome collection labels and b) worksheets, compiled by Ethnography Dept. staff, which are stored with Africa collections.
Pareyn collection labels glued to harp '791'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; one peg and majority of another peg missing. Strings broken or missing. Skin of resonator has hole to left proper of string bar.
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,+23.3907
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 791 (Pareyn no.)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 53293 (Wellcome Collection Number)