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Trough zither.
Technical description: Shallow wooden trough; 6 strings from single length of twisted cattle sinew; pentatonically tuned.
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Pre 1967 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Bunyarwanda/Kigezi District/Western Uganda/Uganda - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:315.1-5 Trough zithers without resonator sounded by the bare fingers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:315.1-5 Trough zithers without resonator sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:length 890, width 345.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16361