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Raft zither.
Technical description: A bamboo raft of 26 sticks bound together by 5 transverse sticks across the rear and 2 with decorative plaiting at either end on the front; from 11 of the sticks (nos. 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20) slivers have been sliced and lifted over 2 stick bridges to form 'strings', some of which are overwound to lower the pitch.
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Probably 19th century - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Probably Central Africa - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:313.2-5 Heterochord raft zithers sounded by the bare fingers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:313.2-5 Heterochord raft zithers sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:length 525; width 215.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15458