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Gurmi

Lute or gurmi with skin covered spherical calabash body with headstock wrapped in snake-skin, long wooden neck and two natural fibre strings: Africa, West Africa, Northern Nigeria, Katsina, Hausa People

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    National Museums Scotland
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  • Place of production:
    Katsina State, Nigeria, West Africa, AFRICA
  • Culture:Hausa
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  • Materials:Wood; Wood; Skin, snake; Vegetable fibre
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  • Repository:National Museums Scotland
  • Measurements:Approximate Height 850; Approximate Length 160; Approximate Depth 163mm