Showing results
Hide images
Arched harp
5 strings. Technical description: Hollow wooden body with integral head in the shape of a duck's head, partly covered by skin nailed over openings in front; flat base; 5|nylon strings running from pegs via a crest to anchor holes in a bar under the skin.
- Date:
20th century - Maker:
- Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
Loading... - Place of production:
Africa - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:322.113 Arched harps - Wachsmann type 3
- Culture:
- Period:
- Materials:
- Specific materials/techniques:
- Decorative elements:Carved surface of body and head.
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:322.113 Arched harps - Wachsmann type 3
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:height 585 to top of head, 630 to top of pegs; width 160; depth 180.