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This instrument was collected in the field by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton. It is an idiochord stick-zither made from a raffia palm stem, in which the strings are cut from the bark of the same stem, having a central notched bridge, four strings, and twelve adjustable frets made of partial-plaited rattan. There is one gourd resonator attached with cloth thread, with a purposely-cut soundhole. The instrument is played with the gourd held against the player's chest.
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1925–31 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification:311.221 (True) stick zithers with one resonator gourd
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:311.221 (True) stick zithers with one resonator gourd
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Length: 1420mm; Height (at bridge): 240mm; Diameter: 185mm