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This instrument was collected in the field by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, and is associated with the Beyah people, being also known as "gombi" or "kundi." 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 four strings (all broken), eight adjustable raffia frets, and one central gourd resonator. The central bridge is missing. The instrument is played with the gourd held against the player's chest.
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1920–7 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Cuvette-Ouest (province), Ozdala National Park (area), French Congo (Republic of the Congo) - 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: 1165mm