321.313-71 Spike tube lutes sounded by bowing with a bow

Endingidi, spike fiddle and bow. Resonator made of a bovine horn, one string of nylon monofilament. The bow-string made from fibres of the agave cactus (Agave sisalana)

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1974.140
Date
before 1974
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 16.1417 x x 5.9055 x 3.7402 in.; 410 x 150 x 95 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
horn; hide; wood; FI; resin
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > Music Gallery > Side D - Listening to Order > Case D2 - Classification > position 193
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