lyre
- Museum number
- Af1972,24.3
- Description
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Lyre with five strings: the resonator is a green enamel bowl covered with hide membrane; the strings pass over a bridge of a blackened cotton reel.
- Production date
- 20thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Height: 41 centimetres
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Width: 65 centimetres
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Depth: 11 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Played by elders at cultural ceremonies [pers. comm. Jack Obonyo, Nov 2014].
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1972
- Acquisition notes
- Af1972,24.1 to 7 is part of a larger collection of ethnographical musical instruments purchased from Miss Susan Walsten
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1972,24.3